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.
STRUDEL
strudel
(noun) thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
strudel (plural strudels)
A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.
(slang) synonym of at sign (@)
A vertical hole in sea ice through which downward jet-like, buoyancy-driven drainage of flood water is thought to occur.
Anagrams
• Trudels, lustred, rustled
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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