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.
TINGLE
prickling, tingle, tingling
(noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; “a frisson of surprise shot through him”
tingle, prickle
(verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tingle (third-person singular simple present tingles, present participle tingling, simple past and past participle tingled)
(intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
(intransitive) To ring, to tinkle.
(transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
(intransitive) To make ringing sounds; to twang.
Synonyms
• (to feel a prickly sensation): itch
• (to ring, cause to ring): tinkle
Noun
tingle (plural tingles)
A prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
Anagrams
• Etling, elting, linget, niglet
Proper noun
Tingle (plural Tingles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tingle is the 7103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4712 individuals. Tingle is most common among White (82.09%) and Black/African American (13.48%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Etling, elting, linget, niglet
Source: Wiktionary
Tin"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] Etym: [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1 Sam. iii. 11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. Tickell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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