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.
GARGARISM
Etymology
Noun
gargarism (plural gargarisms)
(obsolete) Something used to gargle with; a gargle.
Such as are not swallowed, but only kept in the mouth, are gargarisms used commonly after a purge, when the body is soluble and loose.
Source: Wiktionary
Gar"ga*rism, n. Etym: [F. gargarisme, L. gargarisma. See Gargarize.] (Med.)
Definition: A gargle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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