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.
EXPULSES
Verb
expulses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expulse
Anagrams
• plexuses, suplexes
Source: Wiktionary
EXPULSE
Ex*pulse", v. t. Etym: [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.]
Definition: To drive out; to expel. [Obs.] If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 February 2025
CURE
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
Coffee Trivia
