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.
Irp, Irpe, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body. [Obs.] Smirks and irps and all affected humors. B. Jonson .
Irp, a.
Definition: Making irps. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 November 2024
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
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.