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.
WORTHLESS
despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
(adjective) morally reprehensible; “would do something as despicable as murder”; “ugly crimes”; “the vile development of slavery appalled them”; “a slimy little liar”
worthless
(adjective) lacking in usefulness or value; “a worthless idler”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
worthless (comparative more worthless or worthlesser, superlative most worthless or worthlessest)
Having no worth or use; without value; inconsequential.
Synonyms: miserable, useless, valueless
Antonyms: precious, useful, valuable, worthful, worthy
Synonyms
• (having no worth): inconsequential, valueless
Anagrams
• Strehlows
Source: Wiktionary
Worth"less, a. Etym: [AS. weorthleás.]
Definition: Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron.
– Worth"less*ly, adv.
– Worth"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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