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.
BRANGLED
Verb
brangled
simple past tense and past participle of brangle
Source: Wiktionary
BRANGLE
Bran"gle, n. Etym: [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl.]
Definition: A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.] A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift.
Bran"gle, v.i [imp. & p. p. Brangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling.]
Definition: To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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