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.
DEFILER
polluter, defiler
(noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defiler (plural defilers)
one who defiles.
Anagrams
• Fiedler, Fielder, Friedel, drelfie, fielder, fliered, refiled, relifed
Source: Wiktionary
De*fil"er, n.
Definition: One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
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