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.
STONISH
Etymology 1
Adjective
stonish (comparative more stonish, superlative most stonish)
Characteristically like stone; stony.
Etymology 2
Verb
stonish (third-person singular simple present stonishes, present participle stonishing, simple past and past participle stonished)
(obsolete) Alternative form of astonish
Anagrams
• shits on
Source: Wiktionary
Ston"ish, a.
Definition: Stony. [R.] "Possessed with stonish insensibility." Robynson (More's Utopia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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