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.
STRIFE
strife
(noun) bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
discord, strife
(noun) lack of agreement or harmony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
strife (countable and uncountable, plural strifes)
Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
Synonyms: altercation, contention, discord, wrangle
(colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
(obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Anagrams
• Fister, firest, firste, fister, freits, refits, resift, rifest, sifter
Source: Wiktionary
Strife, n. Etym: [OF. estrif. See Strive.]
1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak.
2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.
3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden.
4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.
Syn.
– Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 November 2024
THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee Trivia
