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.
RABIDER
Adjective
rabider
comparative form of rabid
Anagrams
• Berardi, braider, briared, rebraid
Source: Wiktionary
RABID
Rab"id (rab"id), a. [L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n.]
1. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships. Chapman.
2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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