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.
SIGHER
Etymology
Noun
sigher (plural sighers)
One who sighs.
Anagrams
• higres
Source: Wiktionary
Sigh"er, n.
Definition: One who sighs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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