Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OKAY
okay, O.K., all right, alright
(adverb) in a satisfactory or adequate manner; âsheâll do okay on her ownâ; âheld up all right under pressureâ; (âalrightâ is a nonstandard variant of âall rightâ)
OK, O.K., okay, okey, okeh
(noun) an endorsement; âthey gave us the O.K. to go aheadâ
approve, O.K., okay, sanction
(verb) give sanction to; âI approve of his educational policiesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
A respelling of OK.
Noun
okay (plural okays)
Alternative spelling of OK
Verb
okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)
Alternative spelling of OK
Adjective
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
Alternative spelling of OK
Adverb
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
Alternative spelling of OK
Interjection
okay
Alternative spelling of OK
Anagrams
• kayo, oaky, yoak
Source: Wiktionary
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