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.
TEEN
adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen
(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
teen (plural teens)
A teenager.
Adjective
teen (not comparable)
Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
Etymology 2
Noun
teen (plural teens)
(archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble.
Synonyms: ill-fortune, harm, suffering
(archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.
Etymology 3
Verb
teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)
(transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
(reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.
Etymology 4
Verb
teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)
(transitive, obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.
Anagrams
• -tene, EENT, NEET, neet
Source: Wiktionary
Teen, n. Etym: [OE. tene, AS. teĂłna reproach, wrong, fr. teĂłn to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.]
Definition: Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold.
Teen, v. t. Etym: [AS. teĂłnian, t, to slander, vex. *64. See Teen, n.]
Definition: To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Teen, v. t. Etym: [See Tine to shut.]
Definition: To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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