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.
STYMIED
Verb
stymied
simple past tense and past participle of stymie
Source: Wiktionary
STYMIE
Sty"mie, n. Also Sti"my. [Orig. uncertain.] (Golf)
Definition: The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.
Sty"mie, v. t. Also Sti"my. (Golf)
Definition: To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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