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.
CLUTTERS
Proper noun
Clutters
plural of Clutter
Anagrams
• scuttler
Verb
clutters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutter
Noun
clutters
plural of clutter
Anagrams
• scuttler
Source: Wiktionary
CLUTTER
Clut"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]
1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter. He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.
2. Clatter; confused noise. Swift.
Clut"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.]
Definition: To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
Clut"ter, v. i.
Definition: To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.
Clut"ter, v. t. Etym: [From Clod, n.]
Definition: To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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