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.
PLOUTER
Etymology
Verb
plouter (third-person singular simple present plouters, present participle ploutering, simple past and past participle ploutered)
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) To potter.
Noun
plouter (plural plouters)
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.
Anagrams
• Poulter, poulter
Source: Wiktionary
Plout"er, v. i. [Also plowter, plotter.] [Perh. imitative.]
Definition: To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling.
Plout"er, n. [Also plowter.]
Definition: Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [Scot. & Dial.Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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