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.
DELL
dell, dingle
(noun) a small wooded hollow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dell (plural dells)
A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.
Synonyms
• dale
• dingle
• vale
• valley
• See also valley
Etymology 2
Noun
dell (plural dells)
(obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
Proper noun
Dell
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Montana, United States
Source: Wiktionary
Dell, n. Etym: [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale.]
1. A small, retired valley; a ravine. In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.
2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.] Sweet doxies and dells. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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