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.
HIDEOUSLY
hideously, horridly, monstrously
(adverb) in a hideous manner; “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
hideously (comparative more hideously, superlative most hideously)
In a hideous manner.
(degree) To an extreme degree
Source: Wiktionary
HIDEOUS
Hid"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]
1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." Shak.
3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver." Shak.
Syn.
– Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.
– Hid"e*ous*ly, adv.
– Hid"e*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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