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.
LOUTS
Noun
louts
plural of lout
Verb
louts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lout
Anagrams
• Lotus, lotus, tolus
Source: Wiktionary
LOUT
Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]
Definition: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.
Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]
Definition: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
Lout, v. t.
Definition: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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