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.
OVERWEENINGS
Noun
overweenings
plural of overweening
Source: Wiktionary
OVERWEENING
O`ver*ween"ing, a.
Definition: Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
– O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton.
– O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.
O`ver*ween"ing, n.
Definition: Conceit; arrogance. Milton.
OVERWEEN
O`ver*ween", v. t. Etym: [AS. oferw. See Over, and Ween.]
Definition: To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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