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.
FLUSTERS
Verb
flusters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluster
Noun
flusters
plural of fluster
Anagrams
• tressful, turfless
Source: Wiktionary
FLUSTER
Flus"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flustering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.]
Definition: To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.
Flus"ter, v. i.
Definition: To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.
Flus"ter, n.
Definition: Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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