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.
WARM
warm
(adjective) of a seeker; near to the object sought; “you’re getting warm”; “hot on the trail”
warm
(adjective) uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; “made things warm for the bookies”
warm
(adjective) characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; “a warm debate”
ardent, warm
(adjective) characterized by strong enthusiasm; “ardent revolutionaries”; “warm support”
quick, warm
(adjective) easily aroused or excited; “a quick temper”; “a warm temper”
strong, warm
(adjective) freshly made or left; “a warm trail”; “the scent is warm”
warm
(adjective) having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; “a warm body”; “a warm room”; “a warm climate”; “a warm coat”
warm
(adjective) psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; “a warm greeting”; “a warm personality”; “warm support”
warm
(adjective) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color; “warm reds and yellows and orange”
warmly, warm
(adverb) in a warm manner; “warmly dressed”; “warm-clad skiers”
warm
(verb) make warm or warmer; “The blanket will warm you”
warm, warm up
(verb) get warm or warmer; “The soup warmed slowly on the stove”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)
Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
(archaic, colloquial) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.
(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
Synonyms
• See also warm
• See also affectionate
• See also difficult
Antonyms
• (mild temperature): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
• (caring): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
Etymology 2
Verb
warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)
(transitive) To make or keep warm.
(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
(intransitive) To favour increasingly.
(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
(transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
Noun
warm (plural warms)
(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Source: Wiktionary
Warm, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] Etym: [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm.
1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.
2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Milton. Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope. They say he's warm man and does not care to be madAddison. I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor
5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden.
6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.] Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving. You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith.
7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," Black.
8. (Paint.)
Definition: Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Syn.
– Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] Etym: [AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv 15 Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. Pope. Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble.
Warm, v. i. Etym: [AS. wearmian.]
1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14.
2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speakewarms as he proceeds.
Warm, n.
Definition: The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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