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.
SNIVELS
Verb
snivels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snivel
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Source: Wiktionary
SNIVEL
Sniv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniveled or Snivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniveling or Snivelling.] Etym: [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See Sniff, and cf. Snuffle.]
1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. Sir W. Scott.
Sniv"el, n. Etym: [AS. snofel. Cf. Snivel, v. i.]
Definition: Mucus from the nose; snot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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