In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MORALIST
martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
(noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
moralist
(noun) a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moralist (plural moralists)
(pejorative) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
(obsolete) A teacher of morals.
Anagrams
• trisomal
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. moraliste.]
1. One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. Addison.
2. One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives. The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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