In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SCHEMING
designing, scheming
(adjective) concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; “a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue”- W.Churchill; “a scheming wife”; “a scheming gold digger”
calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd
(adjective) acting with a specific goal; “the most calculating and selfish men in the community”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
scheming
present participle of scheme
Adjective
scheming (comparative more scheming, superlative most scheming)
(pejorative) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
Etymology 2
Noun
scheming (countable and uncountable, plural schemings)
The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
Source: Wiktionary
Schem"ing, a.
Definition: Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
– Schem"ing*ly, adv.
SCHEME
Scheme, n. Etym: [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay.
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cuttig off our feet when we want shoes. Swift.
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. South.
4. (Astrol.)
Definition: A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment o at a given event. A blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.
– Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. Rowe. Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. prior.
Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.]
Definition: To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart.
Scheme, v. i.
Definition: To form a scheme or schemes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 February 2025
BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Coffee Trivia
