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.
GIFS
Noun
gifs
plural of gif
Anagrams
• IGFs, figs, figs.
Verb
GIFs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of GIF
Anagrams
• IGFs, figs, figs.
Source: Wiktionary
GIF
Gif, conj. Etym: [AS. See If.]
Definition: If. [Obs.]
Note: Gif is the old form of if, and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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