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.
MOUSSES
Noun
mousses
plural of mousse
Verb
mousses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousse
Anagrams
• Smouses, smouses
Source: Wiktionary
MOUSSE
Mousse (moos), n. [F.] (Cookery)
Definition: A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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