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.
LOSEL
Etymology
Noun
losel (plural losels)
(archaic) A worthless or despicable person.
Synonyms
• lidderon
Adjective
losel (comparative more losel, superlative most losel)
Worthless; wasteful.
Anagrams
• sello
Source: Wiktionary
Los"el, n. Etym: [From the root of lose, loss. Lorel.]
Definition: One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. [Archaic] Spenser. One sad losel soils a name for aye. Byron.
Los"el, a.
Definition: Wasteful; slothful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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