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.
LACERATED
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn
(adjective) having edges that are jagged from injury
lacerate, lacerated
(adjective) irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; “lacerate leaves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
lacerated (comparative more lacerated, superlative most lacerated)
Having lacerations
Verb
lacerated
simple past tense and past participle of lacerate
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Lac"er*ate, Lac"er*a`ted, p. a. Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p.]
1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
LACERATE
Lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating ().] Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. slay.]
Definition: To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Lac"er*ate, Lac"er*a`ted, p. a. Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p.]
1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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