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.
RUDS
Proper noun
Ruds
plural of Rud
Anagrams
• UDRS, Urds, surd
Noun
RUDs
plural of RUD
Anagrams
• UDRS, Urds, surd
Verb
ruds
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rud
Anagrams
• UDRS, Urds, surd
Source: Wiktionary
RUD
Rud, n. Etym: [AS. rudu, akin to reád red. sq. root113. See Red, and cf. Ruddy.]
1. Redness; blush. [Obs.]
2. Ruddle; red ocher.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The rudd.
Rud, v. t.
Definition: To make red. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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