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.
GECK
Etymology
Noun
geck (countable and uncountable, plural gecks)
scorn; derision; contempt
(archaic, pejorative, poetic) Fool; idiot; imbecile
Verb
geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)
(ambitransitive) To jeer; to show contempt for.
To cheat or trick.
Source: Wiktionary
Geck, n. Etym: [D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]
1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.
Geck, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.]
1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.
Geck, v. i.
Definition: To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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