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.
SPRAIN
sprain
(noun) a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
(verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain; “wrench one’s ankle”; “The wrestler twisted his shoulder”; “the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell”; “I turned my ankle and couldn’t walk for several days”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sprain (third-person singular simple present sprains, present participle spraining, simple past and past participle sprained)
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
Noun
sprain (plural sprains)
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
Synonyms
• wramp
Anagrams
• Arpins, piRNAs, pirnas, spinar, spiran
Source: Wiktionary
Sprain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprained; p. pr. & vb. n. Spraining.] Etym: [OF. espreindreto press, to force out, F. Ă©preindre, fr. L. exprimere. See Express, v. t., and cf. Spraints.]
Definition: To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
Sprain, n.
Definition: The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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