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.
BESMOKED
Verb
besmoked
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
Anagrams
• embosked
Source: Wiktionary
BESMOKE
Be*smoke", v. t.
1. To foul with smoke.
2. To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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