In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MED
Noun
MEd (plural MEds)
(education) Initialism of Master of Education.
Anagrams
• D. Me., DEM, DME, Dem, Dem., EDM, Edm, dem, dem.
Etymology 1
Adjective
med (not comparable)
(informal) Clipping of medical.
Noun
med (plural meds)
(informal, chiefly, in the plural) Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
Etymology 2
Verb
med
(UK, dialect) may; might
Anagrams
• D. Me., DEM, DME, Dem, Dem., EDM, Edm, dem, dem.
Etymology 1
Short form of Mediterranean.
Proper noun
Med
(informal) Mediterranean: We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer.
Etymology 2
Noun
Med
(legal) Abbreviation of medical.
(legal) Abbreviation of medicine.
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.
Anagrams
• D. Me., DEM, DME, Dem, Dem., EDM, Edm, dem, dem.
Source: Wiktionary
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