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.
ADOS
Noun
ados
plural of ado
Anagrams
• AOSD, daos, dosa, odas, soda
Source: Wiktionary
ADO
A*do", (1) v. inf., (2) n. Etym: [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair.]
1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing. "What is here ado" J. Newton.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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