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.
MISREFER
Etymology
Verb
misrefer (third-person singular simple present misrefers, present participle misreferring, simple past and past participle misreferred)
To refer incorrectly.
Source: Wiktionary
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4 December 2024
SINGSONG
(verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong; “The porters singsonged the travellers’ luggage up the mountain”
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