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.
BESTARS
Verb
bestars
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestar
Anagrams
• Basters, Sterbas, basters, brasset, breasts
Source: Wiktionary
BESTAR
Be*star", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestarred.]
Definition: To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud. "Bestarred with anemones." W. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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