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.
WORDLESS
mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless
(adjective) expressed without speech; “a mute appeal”; “a silent curse”; “best grief is tongueless”- Emily Dickinson; “the words stopped at her lips unsounded”; “unspoken grief”; “choking exasperation and wordless shame”- Thomas Wolfe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
wordless (comparative more wordless, superlative most wordless)
Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
Synonym: speechless
Antonyms
• wordful
Source: Wiktionary
Word"less, a.
Definition: Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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