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.
PUGNACIOUS
pugnacious, rough
(adjective) ready and able to resort to force or violence; “pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance”- Herman Melville; “they were rough and determined fighting men”
pugnacious, hard-boiled, hard-bitten
(adjective) tough and callous by virtue of experience
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pugnacious (comparative more pugnacious, superlative most pugnacious)
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
Synonyms
• See also combative
Source: Wiktionary
Pug*na"cious, a. Etym: [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.]
Definition: Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv.
– Pug*na"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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