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.
CURTAILER
Etymology
Noun
curtailer (plural curtailers)
One who curtails.
Anagrams
• recruital, reticular
Source: Wiktionary
Cur*tail"er (kr-tl"r), n.
Definition: One who curtails.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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