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.
ELT
Etymology 1
Verb
elt (third-person singular simple present elts, present participle elting, simple past and past participle elted)
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
elt (plural elts)
(math, computing) Abbreviation of element.
Anagrams
• -let, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., let, tel
Noun
ELT (plural ELTs)
(communication, aviation) Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.
(medicine, physiology) Initialism of euglobulin lysis time.
Initialism of English language teaching.
Anagrams
• -let, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., let, tel
Source: Wiktionary
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