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.
DRAGONIZE
Etymology
Verb
dragonize (third-person singular simple present dragonizes, present participle dragonizing, simple past and past participle dragonized)
(transitive) To turn into a dragon.
(transitive, rare) To guard attentively; to watch over.
Anagrams
• organized
Source: Wiktionary
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