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.
SPEECHIFY
speechify
(verb) make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; “These ministers speechify on every occasion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
speechify (third-person singular simple present speechifies, present participle speechifying, simple past and past participle speechified)
(intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now, especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
(transitive, possibly, obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
Source: Wiktionary
Speech"i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speechified; p. pr. & vb. n. Speechifying.] Etym: [Speech + -fy.]
Definition: To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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