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.
ANILS
Noun
anils
plural of anil
Anagrams
• Lains, Lians, lains, nails, nilas, salin, slain, snail
Source: Wiktionary
ANIL
An"il, n. Etym: [F. anil, Sp. anil, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nil, for al-nil the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nila dark blue, nili indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac.] (Bot.)
Definition: A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PAMPER
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”
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