In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
STUNTED
scrawny, scrubby, stunted
(adjective) inferior in size or quality; “scrawny cattle”; “scrubby cut-over pine”; “old stunted thorn trees”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
stunted
simple past tense and past participle of stunt
Adjective
stunted (comparative more stunted, superlative most stunted)
prevented from growing or developing
(medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for their age.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stunt"ed, a.
Definition: Dwarfed.
– Stunt"ed*ness, n.
STUNT
Stunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stunting.] Etym: [See Stint.]
Definition: To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant. When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.
Stunt, n.
1. A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
2. Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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