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.
MOISTED
Verb
moisted
simple past tense and past participle of moist
Anagrams
• mediots, mitosed, modiste
Source: Wiktionary
MOIST
Moist, a. Etym: [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.
2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.
Moist, v. t.
Definition: To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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