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.
MEOW
meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul
(noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
meow, mew
(verb) cry like a cat; “the cat meowed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Interjection
meow
The cry of a cat.
Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
Synonyms
• nyao
Noun
meow (plural meows)
The cry of a cat.
(UK, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.
Synonyms: drone, meow meow
Verb
meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)
(intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.
Synonyms
• mew
Source: Wiktionary
Me*ow", v. i. & n.
Definition: See 6th and 7th Mew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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