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.
CLOWNS
Noun
clowns
plural of clown
Verb
clowns
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clown
Source: Wiktionary
CLOWN
Clown, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. clump, n.]
1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.
2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.
3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.
Clown, v. i.
Definition: To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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