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.
RESMOOTH
Etymology
Verb
resmooth (third-person singular simple present resmooths, present participle resmoothing, simple past and past participle resmoothed)
(transitive) To make smooth again.
Anagrams
• smoother
Source: Wiktionary
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