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.
SOMBER
somber, sombre, melancholy
(adjective) grave or even gloomy in character; “solemn and mournful music”; “a suit of somber black”; “a somber mood”
drab, sober, somber, sombre
(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull; “drab faded curtains”; “sober Puritan grey”; “children in somber brown clothes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)
(American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
Verb
somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)
(American spelling) Alternative form of sombre
Anagrams
• bromes, ombres, sombre
Source: Wiktionary
Som"ber, Som"bre, a. Etym: [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See Umbrage.]
1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. Beaconsfield.
Som"ber, Som"bre, v. t.
Definition: To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]
Som"ber, Som"bre, n.
Definition: Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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