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.
BLATHERS
Verb
blathers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blather
Anagrams
• Barthels, Halberts, halberts
Source: Wiktionary
BLATHER
Blath"er (blath"er), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Blathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering.] [Written also blether.] [Icel. blaĂ°ra. Cf. Blatherskite.]
Definition: To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. G. Eliot.
Blath"er, n. [Written also blether.]
Definition: Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. Hall Caine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DETENTION
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