Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HEMORRHAGED
Verb
hemorrhaged
simple past tense and past participle of hemorrhage
Source: Wiktionary
HEMORRHAGE
Hem"or*rhage, n. Etym: [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. hémorriage, hémorrhagie.] (Med.)
Definition: Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 March 2025
FABLED
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
Coffee Trivia
