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.
TOILETS
Noun
toilets
plural of toilet
Verb
toilets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toilet
Anagrams
• Sottile, litotes, oil test, toilest
Source: Wiktionary
TOILET
Toi"let, n. Etym: [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]
1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. A dressing table. Pope.
3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room.
– Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room.
– Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
– To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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