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.
CUBHOOD
Etymology
Noun
cubhood (uncountable)
the state of being a cub
(by extension) youth
Source: Wiktionary
Cub"hood (kb"hd), n.
Definition: The state of being a cub. [Jocose] "From cubhood to old age." W. B. Dawkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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