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.
TINGLING
tickling, tingling, titillating
(adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
prickling, tingle, tingling
(noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
tingling (plural tinglings)
A tingling sensation; pins and needles.
Verb
tingling
present participle of tingle
Anagrams
• glinting
Source: Wiktionary
TINGLE
Tin"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] Etym: [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1 Sam. iii. 11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. Tickell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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