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.
MOUSER
mouser
(noun) a cat proficient at mousing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mouser (plural mousers)
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.
(chiefly, Scotland, US) A moustache.
Anagrams
• -merous, moeurs, oremus
Proper noun
Mouser (plural Mousers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mouser is the 10224th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3153 individuals. Mouser is most common among White (94.04%) individuals.
Anagrams
• -merous, moeurs, oremus
Source: Wiktionary
Mous"er, n.
1. A cat that catches mice.
2. One who pries about on the lookout for something.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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