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.
SELE
Etymology
Noun
sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles)
(obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
(obsolete or dialectal) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment.
greeting, salutation
Anagrams
• EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, lese, seel
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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