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 (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.
plouter (plural plouters)
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.
• 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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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.