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.
MEEKER
Proper noun
Meeker
A surname.
A town, the county seat of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States.
A town in Oklahoma.
Etymology 1
Adjective
meeker
comparative form of meek
Etymology 2
From the brand name of a harrow maker.
Verb
meeker (third-person singular simple present meekers, present participle meekering, simple past and past participle meekered)
(agriculture) To break up and smooth soil with a harrow.
Source: Wiktionary
MEEK
Meek, a. [Compar. Meeker; superl. Meekest.] Etym: [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mj mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukam
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. Not the man Moses was very meek. Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face. "Her meek prayer." Chaucer.
Syn.
– Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle.
Meek, Meek"en (-'n), v. t.
Definition: To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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