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.
CONCREW
Etymology
Verb
concrew (third-person singular simple present concrews, present participle concrewing, simple past and past participle concrewed)
(obsolete, nonce) To grow together.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*crew", v. i. Etym: [See Concrete, a., and Accrue.]
Definition: To grow together. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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