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.
GAST
Proper noun
Gast (plural Gasts)
A surname.
Etymology
Verb
gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)
(obsolete) To frighten.
Anagrams
• ATGs, GATS, GTAs, TAGs, gats, stag, tags
Source: Wiktionary
Gast, v. t. Etym: [OE. gasten, g to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.]
Definition: To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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