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.
OVERCLOYED
Verb
overcloyed
simple past tense and past participle of overcloy
Source: Wiktionary
OVERCLOY
O`ver*cloy", v. t.
Definition: To fill beyond satiety. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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