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.
BLUBBERED
Verb
blubbered
simple past tense and past participle of blubber
Adjective
blubbered (not comparable)
Of the face: swollen from weeping.
Source: Wiktionary
Blub"bered, p. p. & a.
Definition: Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip. Spenser.
BLUBBER
Blub"ber, n. Etym: [See Blobber, Blob, Bleb.]
1. A bubble. At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. Henryson.
2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large sea nettle or medusa.
Blub"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blubbering.]
Definition: To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner. She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. Swift.
Blub"ber, v. t.
1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears. Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! Prior.
2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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