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.
SMICKER
Etymology
Adjective
smicker (comparative more smicker, superlative most smicker)
Elegant; fine; gay.
Amorous; wanton.
Spruce; smart.
Verb
smicker (third-person singular simple present smickers, present participle smickering, simple past and past participle smickered)
(intransitive) To look amorously or wantonly
Anagrams
• Emricks, Remicks
Source: Wiktionary
Smick"er, v. i. Etym: [Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile. Cf. Smicker, a.]
Definition: To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.
Smick"er, a. Etym: [AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker, v.]
Definition: Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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