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.
BOOZING
drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
(noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; “drink was his downfall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
boozing (plural boozings)
The act of drinking heavily.
Verb
boozing
present participle of booze
Source: Wiktionary
BOOZE
Booze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] Etym: [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.]
Definition: To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] Landor. This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis.
Booze, n.
Definition: A carouse; a drinking. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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