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.
GIBBERED
Verb
gibbered
simple past tense and past participle of gibber; to talk incomprehensibly
It's embarrassing when I remember how much nonsense I gibbered at you on our first date.
Source: Wiktionary
GIBBER
Gib"ber, n. Etym: [From Gib to balk.]
Definition: A balky horse. Youatt.
Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] Etym: [Akin to jabber, and gabble.]
Definition: To speak rapidly and inarticulately. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
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