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.
SOMEWHITHER
Etymology
Adverb
somewhither (not comparable)
(archaic, literary) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other; to somewhere
Source: Wiktionary
Some"whith`er, adv.
Definition: To some indeterminate place; to some place or other. Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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