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.
GELT
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(noun) informal terms for money
GELD
geld, cut
(verb) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); “the vet gelded the young horse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gelt (plural gelts)
(rare) A lunatic.
Etymology 2
Noun
gelt (plural gelts)
(obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
Etymology 3
Verb
gelt
simple past tense and past participle of geld
Noun
gelt (plural gelts)
A gelding.
Etymology 4
Noun
gelt (usually uncountable, plural gelts)
(slang) Money.
Tribute; tax.
Etymology 5
Noun
gelt (usually uncountable, plural gelts)
(Judaism) Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
(Judaism) Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
(archaic, UK, thieves and Polari) Money.
Source: Wiktionary
Gelt, n. Etym: [See 1st Geld.]
Definition: Trubute, tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
Gelt, n. Etym: [See Gelt, v. t.]
Definition: A gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Gelt, n.
Definition: Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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