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.
PIDDLES
Noun
piddles
plural of piddle
Verb
piddles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piddle
Anagrams
• displed
Source: Wiktionary
PIDDLE
Pid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Piddling.] Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.]
1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham.
2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. Swift.
3. To urinate; -- child's word.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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