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.
PUISNE
Etymology
Adjective
puisne (comparative more puisne, superlative most puisne)
(obsolete) Younger; junior. [16th–19th c.]
(obsolete) Insignificant, petty; ineffectual. [16th–19th c.]
(legal) Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior. [from 17th c.]
(now, legal) Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary. [from 17th c.]
Usage notes
• The legal term is now used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, and formerly in Hong Kong. The equivalent term in the United States is associate justice.
Anagrams
• punies, supine
Source: Wiktionary
Puis"ne (pu"ny), a. Etym: [See Puny.]
1. Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent. [Obs.] " A puisne date to eternity." Sir M. Hale.
2. Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
3. (Law)
Definition: Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer. Blackstone.
Puis"ne, n.
Definition: One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank. It were not a work for puisnes and novices. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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