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.
BOOR
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boor (plural boors)
A peasant.
A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
A yokel, country bumpkin.
An uncultured person.
Anagrams
• -boro, Boro, OBOR, boro, boro-, broo, robo-
Source: Wiktionary
Boor, n. Etym: [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb countryman, G. bauer; fr. the root of AS. b to inhabit, and akin to E. bower, be. Cf. Neighbor, Boer, and Big to build.]
1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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