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.
DERAY
Etymology
Noun
deray
(obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
(archaic) Disarray, confusion.
(obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
Verb
deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)
(archaic, transitive) To derange.
(archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.
Anagrams
• Ready, dayer, deary, rayed, ready, yeard
Source: Wiktionary
De*ray", n. Etym: [OF. derroi, desroi, desrei; pref. des- (L. dis-) + roi, rei, rai, order. See Array.]
Definition: Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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