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.
ACCLOY
Etymology
Verb
accloy (third-person singular simple present accloys, present participle accloying, simple past and past participle accloyed)
(transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
(transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full.
(transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block.
(transitive, archaic) To be disgusting to.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cloy", v. t. Etym: [OF. encloyer, encloer, F. enclouer, to drive in a nail, fr. L. in + clavus nail.]
Definition: To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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