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.
BROUZE
Noun
brouze (plural brouzes)
Obsolete form of browse.
Verb
brouze (third-person singular simple present brouzes, present participle brouzing, simple past and past participle brouzed)
Obsolete form of browse.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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