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.
RUMPLES
Proper noun
Rumples
plural of Rumple
Anagrams
• Lumpers, Plumers, lumpers, replums
Verb
rumples
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumple
Noun
rumples
plural of rumple
Anagrams
• Lumpers, Plumers, lumpers, replums
Source: Wiktionary
RUMPLE
Rum"ple, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Rumpling (.] Etym: [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. rĂĽmpgen to wrinkle, MHG. rĂĽmphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of birds of prey,
Definition: To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.
Rum"ple, n.
Definition: A fold or plait; a wrinkle. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
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