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.
JABBERED
Verb
jabbered
simple past tense and past participle of jabber
Source: Wiktionary
JABBER
Jab"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jabbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Jabbering.] Etym: [Cf. Gibber, Gabble.]
Definition: To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter. Swift.
Jab"ber, v. t.
Definition: To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble; as, to jabber French. Addison.
Jab"ber, n.
Definition: Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. Swift.
Jab"ber, n.
Definition: One who jabbers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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