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.
DEFUND
Etymology
Verb
defund (third-person singular simple present defunds, present participle defunding, simple past and past participle defunded)
(transitive, chiefly US) To cancel funding for.
Anagrams
• funded
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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