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.
NIGHTFARING
Etymology
Adjective
nightfaring (not comparable)
Making one's way during the night; travelling at night.
Source: Wiktionary
Night"-far`ing, a.
Definition: Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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