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.
PLAYERS
Proper noun
Players
plural of Player
Anagrams
• Parsley, parleys, parsley, prelays, replays, sparely
Noun
players
plural of player
Anagrams
• Parsley, parleys, parsley, prelays, replays, sparely
Source: Wiktionary
PLAYER
Play"er, n.
1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. Shak.
2. One who plays any game.
3. A dramatic actor. Shak.
4. One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." 1 Sam. xvi. 16.
5. A gamester; a gambler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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