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.
HOBBLEDEHOY
hobbledehoy
(noun) an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hobbledehoy (plural hobbledehoys)
An awkward adolescent boy.
Source: Wiktionary
Hob"ble*de*hoy`, Hob"ble*te*hoy`, n. [Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] Etym: [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.]
Definition: A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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