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.
EGOTIZE
Etymology
Verb
egotize (third-person singular simple present egotizes, present participle egotizing, simple past and past participle egotized)
To talk or write as an egotist.
Source: Wiktionary
E"go*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Egotized; p. pr. & vb. n. Egotizing.] Etym: [See Egotism.]
Definition: To talk or write as an egotist. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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