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.
KEENS
Proper noun
Keens
plural of Keen
Anagrams
• Enkes, Skeen, Skene, knees, kènes, neeks, skene
Noun
keens
plural of keen
Verb
keens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keen
Anagrams
• Enkes, Skeen, Skene, knees, kènes, neeks, skene
Source: Wiktionary
KEEN
Keen, a. [Compar. Keener; superl. Keenest.] Etym: [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS.c bold; akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. kühn, OSw. kyn, kön, Icel. kænn, for koenn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to be able.
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene. Chaucer. That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. Shak.
2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features. To make our wits more keen. Shak. Before the keen inquiry of her thought. Cowper.
3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm. Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen curses. Shak.
4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen. Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. Goldsmith.
5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full kene will." Piers Plowman. So keen and greedy to confound a man. Shak.
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged, keen-eyed, keen- sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn.
– Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting; penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing; shrewd.
Keen, v. t.
Definition: To sharpen; to make cold. [R.] Cold winter keens the brightening flood. Thomson.
Keen, n. Etym: [Ir. caoine.]
Definition: A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. [Ireland] Froude.
Keen, v. i.
Definition: To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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