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.
BEPEARL
Etymology
Verb
bepearl (third-person singular simple present bepearls, present participle bepearling, simple past and past participle bepearled)
To deck with pearls or shiny objects resembling pearls.
Source: Wiktionary
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