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.
BEMOIL
Etymology
Verb
bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)
(obsolete) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
Anagrams
• -mobile, Mobile, emboil, emboli, mobile
Source: Wiktionary
Be*moil", v. t. Etym: [Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. mal spot: cf. E. mole.]
Definition: To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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