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.
ING
Etymology 1
Noun
ing (plural ings)
(now, only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
Etymology 2
From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.
Noun
ing (plural ings)
The letter for the ng sound /Ĺ‹/ in Pitman shorthand.
Anagrams
• GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, nig
Source: Wiktionary
-ing.
1. Etym: [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr.
Definition: A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
2. Etym: [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]
Definition: A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. Etym: [AS. -ing.]
Definition: A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
Ing, n. Etym: [AS. ing.]
Definition: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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