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.
DOFF
doff
(verb) remove; “He doffed his hat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
doff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed)
(clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
Synonym: take off
Antonym: don
To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
To get rid of, to throw off.
(reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
Source: Wiktionary
Doff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] Etym: [Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]
1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.
2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.
Doff, v. i.
Definition: To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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