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.
INFECTIOUS
infectious
(adjective) easily spread; “fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders”- Bertrand Russell
infectious, infective
(adjective) caused by infection or capable of causing infection; “viruses and other infective agents”; “a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease”
infectious
(adjective) of or relating to infection; “infectious hospital”; “infectious disease”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
infectious (comparative more infectious, superlative most infectious)
(pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
(pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
(of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
Synonyms
• (transmitted between persons as illness): catching, contagious
• (able to infect others): contagious
• (spreading quickly between persons): contagious
• (memorable and exciting): catchy, contagious
Anagrams
• countifies
Source: Wiktionary
In*fec"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. infectieux.]
1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices. Where the infectious pestilence. Shak.
2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing. It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to live always in it. Dryden.
3. (Law)
Definition: Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent.
4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious. W. Black.
Syn.
– See Contagious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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