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.
OVERTALK
Etymology
Verb
overtalk (third-person singular simple present overtalks, present participle overtalking, simple past and past participle overtalked)
(intransitive) To talk too much.
(transitive) To overcome or persuade by talking; talk over.
(transitive) To overstate; overexaggerate; talk up to seem greater than what is actual.
Noun
overtalk (countable and uncountable, plural overtalks)
Excessive talking.
Simultaneous speech or talk which drowns out all other speakers.
Antonyms
• undertalk
Anagrams
• talk over, talkover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*talk", v. i.
Definition: To talk to excess. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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