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.
OBTRUDE
intrude, obtrude
(verb) thrust oneself in as if by force; “The colors don’t intrude on the viewer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
obtrude (third-person singular simple present obtrudes, present participle obtruding, simple past and past participle obtruded)
(transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). [from 16th c.]
(reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
• debtour, doubter, outbred, redoubt, turboed
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.] Etym: [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock.
2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.
Ob*trude", v. i.
Definition: To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
Syn.
– To Obtrude, Intrude. To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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