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.
MEASLED
Etymology
Adjective
measled (comparative more measled, superlative most measled)
Infected or spotted with measles.
Anagrams
• Ledesma
Source: Wiktionary
Mea"sled, a. Etym: [See 2d Measles.]
Definition: Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.
– Mea"sled*ness, n.
MEASLE
Mea"sle, n. Etym: [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L. misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See Miser.]
Definition: A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
Mea"sle, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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