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.
DICKENS
devil, deuce, dickens
(noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion; “what the devil”; “the deuce with it”; “the dickens you say”
Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens
(noun) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dickens (uncountable)
(euphemistic) The devil.
In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
A disturbance or row.
Synonyms
• (intensifier): on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck, the fuck
Anagrams
• snicked
Etymology
Proper noun
Dickens
A patronymic surname.
Charles Dickens, English novelist.
A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Anagrams
• snicked
Source: Wiktionary
Dick"ens, n. or interj. Etym: [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.]
Definition: The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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