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.
CIGARETTE
cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag
(noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cigarette (plural cigarettes)
Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.
Synonyms
• See cigarette
Verb
cigarette (third-person singular simple present cigarettes, present participle cigaretting, simple past and past participle cigaretted)
(slang, rare) To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them.
Source: Wiktionary
Cig`a*rette", n. Etym: [F. cigarette.]
Definition: A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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