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.
BLAT
bleat, blate, blat, baa
(verb) cry plaintively; “The lambs were bleating”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
blat (third-person singular simple present blats, present participle blatting, simple past and past participle blatted)
To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
To make a senseless noise.
To talk inconsiderately.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Etymology 2
Noun
blat (uncountable)
Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
Synonym: guanxi (from Chinese)
Anagrams
• Balt, Balt.
Source: Wiktionary
Blat, v. i.
Definition: To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately. [Low]
Blat, v. t.
Definition: To utter inconsiderately. [Low] If I have anything on my mind, I have to blat it right out. W. D. Howells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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