Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SCARIEST
SCARY
chilling, scary, shivery, shuddery
(adjective) provoking fear terror; āa scary movieā; āthe most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revengeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
scariest
superlative form of scary: most scary
Anagrams
• Castries, asterisc
Source: Wiktionary
SCARY
Sca"ry, n. Etym: [Prov. E. scare scraggy.]
Definition: Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]
Scar"y, a. Etym: [From Scare.]
1. Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq.U.S.] Whittier.
2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq.U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
29 November 2024
POPULATED
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; āthe area is well populatedā; āforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā
Coffee Trivia
