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.
OUTFLUSH
Etymology
Verb
outflush (third-person singular simple present outflushes, present participle outflushing, simple past and past participle outflushed)
(transitive) To flush out.
(transitive) To flush or blush more brightly than.
Noun
outflush (plural outflushes)
A sudden glow of heat.
Anagrams
• flush out
Source: Wiktionary
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