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.
NOPE
Etymology
Proper noun
Nope
(archaic) Martha's Vineyard
Anagrams
• open, peno-, peon, pone
Etymology 1
Particle
nope
(informal) No.
Usage notes
The usage as a reply in the form of a single-word sentence has, since the 1850s, been far more common than any others.
Antonyms
• yup
• yep
• yeah
Noun
nope (plural nopes)
(informal) A negative reply, no.
(slang) An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
Etymology 2
Probably a rebracketing of an ope (see 1823 quote), from alp.
Noun
nope (plural nopes)
(archaic, except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch
Etymology 3
Possibly influenced by nape and knap.
Noun
nope (plural nopes)
(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.
Verb
nope (third-person singular simple present nopes, present participle noping, simple past and past participle noped)
(archaic, East Midlands and Northern England) To hit someone on the head.
Anagrams
• open, peno-, peon, pone
Source: Wiktionary
Nope, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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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