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.
NOTE
note
(noun) a characteristic emotional quality; “it ended on a sour note”; “there was a note of gaiety in her manner”; “he detected a note of sarcasm”
note
(noun) a brief written record; “he made a note of the appointment”
note, short letter, line, billet
(noun) a short personal letter; “drop me a line when you get there”
note, annotation, notation
(noun) a comment or instruction (usually added); “his notes were appended at the end of the article”; “he added a short notation to the address on the envelope”
note, musical note, tone
(noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; “the singer held the note too long”
note
(noun) a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; “there was a note of uncertainty in his voice”
bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
(noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); “he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes”
note, promissory note, note of hand
(noun) a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; “I had to co-sign his note at the bank”
eminence, distinction, preeminence, note
(noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority; “a scholar of great eminence”
note, observe, mention, remark
(verb) make mention of; “She observed that his presentation took up too much time”; “They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing”
note, take down
(verb) make a written note of; “she noted everything the teacher said that morning”
notice, mark, note
(verb) notice or perceive; “She noted that someone was following her”; “mark my words”
note, take note, observe
(verb) observe with care or pay close attention to; “Take note of this chemical reaction”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
the Note
(informal) The St. Louis Blues hockey team.
Anagrams
• ETNO, Eton, Teno, Tone, ento-, teno-, tone
Etymology 1
Noun
note (countable and uncountable, plural notes)
(heading) A symbol or annotation.
A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
(heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
A short informal letter; a billet.
(academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
A diplomatic missive or written communication.
(finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
(obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.
A piece of paper money; a banknote.
(extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
(music, heading) A sound.
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(extension) A key of the piano or organ.
(uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
(uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
(obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
(obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
Synonyms
• (mark of disgrace): blemish, blot, brand, reproach, stain, stigma, taint
• (observation, notice, heed): attention, mark; see also attention
Verb
note (third-person singular simple present notes, present participle noting, simple past and past participle noted)
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
(transitive) To denote; to designate.
(transitive) To annotate.
(transitive) To set down in musical characters.
(transitive) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Etymology 2
Noun
note (usually uncountable, plural notes)
(uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
Anagrams
• ETNO, Eton, Teno, Tone, ento-, teno-, tone
Source: Wiktionary
Note, v. t. Etym: [AS. hnitan to strike against, imp. hnat.]
Definition: To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
Note. Etym: [AS. nat; ne not + wat wot. See Not, and Wot.]
Definition: Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
Note, n.
Definition: Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note, n. Etym: [AS. notu use, profit.]
Definition: Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note, n. Etym: [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See Know.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
5. pl.
Definition: Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
6. A short informal letter; a billet.
7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.] Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak.
10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.
11. Observation; notice; heed. Give orders to my servants that they take No note at all of our being absent hence. Shak.
12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.
13. State of being under observation. [Obs.] Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. Bacon.
14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott.
15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] Shak. Note of hand, a promissory note.
Note, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.] Etym: [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]
1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak.
2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.
3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden.
4. To denote; to designate. Johnson.
5. To annotate. [R.] W. H. Dixon.
6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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