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.
SMIDDY
Proper noun
Smiddy (plural Smiddys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Smiddy is the 21759th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1195 individuals. Smiddy is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.
Anagrams
• mydids, yddims
Noun
smiddy (plural smiddies)
(Scotland, Northern England) Alternative form of smithy
Anagrams
• mydids, yddims
Source: Wiktionary
Smid"dy, n. Etym: [See Smithy.]
Definition: A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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