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.
COUNTERDRAW
Etymology
Verb
counterdraw (third-person singular simple present counterdraws, present participle counterdrawing, simple past counterdrew, past participle counterdrawn)
(archaic) To trace (draw by copying).
Source: Wiktionary
Coun`ter*draw" (koun`tr-dr"), v. t. [imp. Counterdrew (-dr"); p. p. Counterdrawn (-drn"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterdrawing.]
Definition: To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
3 June 2025
OWNER
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
Coffee Trivia
