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.
SNACK
bite, collation, snack
(noun) a light informal meal
nosh, snack
(verb) eat a snack; eat lightly; “She never loses weight because she snacks between meals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
snack (plural snacks)
A light meal.
Synonym: Thesaurus:meal
An item of food eaten between meals.
Verb
snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)
To eat a light meal.
To eat between meals.
Etymology 2
Noun
snack (plural snacks)
(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
Verb
snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)
(obsolete, transitive) To snatch.
(obsolete, transitive) To bite.
(obsolete, transitive) To share.
Anagrams
• nacks
Source: Wiktionary
Snack, n. Etym: [See Snatch, v. t.]
1. A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share. At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks." Pope.
2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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