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.
GRIBBLE
Etymology
Noun
gribble (plural gribbles)
Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially Limnoria lignorum, which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.
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• glibber
Proper noun
Gribble
A surname.
Anagrams
• glibber
Source: Wiktionary
Grib"ble, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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