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.
SOOTHSAID
Verb
soothsaid
simple past tense and past participle of soothsay
Source: Wiktionary
SOOTHSAY
Sooth"say`, v. i. Etym: [Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth.]
Definition: To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.
Sooth"say`, n.
1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Omen; portent. Having God turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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