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.
JOLTING
rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
(adjective) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; “a rough ride”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
jolting (comparative more jolting, superlative most jolting)
Causing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.
synonym of shocking
Verb
jolting
present participle of jolt
Noun
jolting (plural joltings)
A movement or action that jolts.
[…] the inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
Source: Wiktionary
JOLT
Jolt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] Etym: [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.]
Definition: To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Jolt, v. t.
Definition: To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.
Jolt, n.
Definition: A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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