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.
ROILED
churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent
(adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; “the river’s roiling current”; “turbulent rapids”
annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung
(adjective) aroused to impatience or anger; “made an irritated gesture”; “feeling nettled from the constant teasing”; “peeved about being left out”; “felt really pissed at her snootiness”; “riled no end by his lies”; “roiled by the delay”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
roiled
simple past tense and past participle of roil
Anagrams
• Del Rio, Delrio, lordie
Source: Wiktionary
ROIL
Roil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] Etym: [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. R. North.
Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
Roil, v. i.
1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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