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.
HUMMOCKED
Etymology
Adjective
hummocked (comparative more hummocked, superlative most hummocked)
Having hummocks.
Synonyms
• hummocky
Source: Wiktionary
HUMMOCK
Hum"mock, n. Etym: [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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