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.
CAUDLE
Etymology
Noun
caudle (plural caudles)
A hot drink given to the sick, consisting of wine or ale, eggs, and bread.
Synonyms
• posset
Verb
caudle (third-person singular simple present caudles, present participle caudling, simple past and past participle caudled)
(transitive) To make into caudle.
(transitive) To serve as a caudle to; to refresh.
Anagrams
• Claude, DeLuca, Deluca, cedula
Proper noun
Caudle (plural Caudles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caudle is the 4346th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8167 individuals. Caudle is most common among White (80.12%) and Black/African American (13.73%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Claude, DeLuca, Deluca, cedula
Source: Wiktionary
Cau"dle, n. Etym: [OF. caudel, F. chaudeau, dim. of LL calidum a sweet drink, fr. L. caidus warm. See Caldron.]
Definition: A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.
Cau"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caudled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caudling.]
1. To make into caudle.
2. Too serve as a caudle to; to refresh. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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