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.
QUIDDLING
Verb
quiddling
present participle of quiddle
Source: Wiktionary
QUIDDLE
Quid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling.] Etym: [L. quid what.]
Definition: To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
Quid"dle, Quid"dler, n.
Definition: One who wastes his energy about trifles. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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