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.
SEMANTIC
semantic
(adjective) of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; “semantic analysis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
semantic (not comparable)
Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]
(software design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
(slang, of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.
Antonyms
• antisemantic
Noun
semantic (plural semantics)
(linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
Anagrams
• amnestic, ancestim, nematics
Source: Wiktionary
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DITHER
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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