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.
PTYALIZE
spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
(verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; “The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ptyalize (third-person singular simple present ptyalizes, present participle ptyalizing, simple past and past participle ptyalized)
(intransitive, rare) To spit.
(intransitive, rare) To salivate.
Source: Wiktionary
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