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.
IMBOSK
Etymology
Verb
imbosk (third-person singular simple present imbosks, present participle imbosking, simple past and past participle imbosked)
(obsolete) To hide or conceal oneself
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Source: Wiktionary
Im*bosk", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbosked; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbosking.] Etym: [CF. It. imboscare to imbosk, imboscarsi to retire into a wood; pref. im- in + bosco wood. See Boscage, and cf. Ambush.]
Definition: To conceal, as in bushes; to hide. [Obs.] Shelton.
Im*bosk", v. i.
Definition: To be concealed. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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