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.
MAR
blemish, defect, mar
(noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person’s body); “a facial blemish”
March, Mar
(noun) the month following February and preceding April
mutilate, mar
(verb) destroy or injure severely; “mutilated bodies”
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(verb) make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
MAR (uncountable)
Initialism of modified aspect ratio.
Anagrams
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
Etymology 1
Verb
mar (third-person singular simple present mars, present participle marring, simple past and past participle marred)
(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Noun
mar (plural mars)
A blemish.
Etymology 2
Noun
mar (plural mars)
A small lake.
Anagrams
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Mar
Alternative form of Mar.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Mar
An earldom in the Scottish peerage.
Etymology 3
Noun
Mar (plural Mars)
A title of respect in Syriac, given to all saints and also used before the Christian names of bishops.
Anagrams
• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram
Source: Wiktionary
Mar, n.
Definition: A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] Etym: [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar, n.
Definition: A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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