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.
CHIVIED
CHIVY
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(verb) annoy continually or chronically; “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”; “This man harasses his female co-workers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
chivied
simple past tense and past participle of chivy
Source: Wiktionary
CHIVY
Chiv"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] Etym: [Cf. Chevy.]
Definition: To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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