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.
COLES
Etymology
Proper noun
Coles
A patronymic surname.
Anagrams
• Close, close, socle
Noun
coles
plural of cole
Anagrams
• Close, close, socle
Source: Wiktionary
COLE
Cole, n. Etym: [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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