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.
INTENSE
intense, vivid
(adjective) (of color) having the highest saturation; “vivid green”; “intense blue”
acute, intense
(adjective) extremely sharp or severe; “acute pain”; “felt acute annoyance”; “intense itching and burning”
intense
(adjective) possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; “intense heat”; “intense anxiety”; “intense desire”; “intense emotion”; “the skunk’s intense acrid odor”; “intense pain”; “enemy fire was intense”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
Stressful and tiring.
Very severe.
Very emotional or passionate.
Anagrams
• enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies
Source: Wiktionary
In*tense", a. Etym: [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]
1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light. In this intense seclusion of the forest. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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