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.
PUP
pup, whelp
(noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
puppy, pup
(noun) an inexperienced young person
whelp, pup
(verb) give birth to (a puppy); “the dog whelped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pup (plural pups)
A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
A young, inexperienced person.
Any cute dog, regardless of age.
A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
Verb
pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)
(intransitive) To give birth to pups.
Anagrams
• Upp
Noun
PUP (plural PUPs)
(computing) Acronym of potentially unwanted program: software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware.
(insurance) Paid up
(protein) Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein
Anagrams
• Upp
Source: Wiktionary
Pup, n. Etym: [See Puppy.] (Zoöl.) (a) A young dog; a puppy. (b) a young seal.
Pup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pupping.]
Definition: To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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