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.
TOTES
Etymology 1
Noun
totes
plural of tote
Etymology 2
Adverb
totes (not comparable)
(colloquial) Abbreviation of totally.
Anagrams
• TOSET, Toste, set to, set-to, stote
Source: Wiktionary
TOTE
Tote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] Etym: [Said to be of African origin.]
Definition: To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
Tote, n. Etym: [L. totum, fr.totus all, whole.]
Definition: The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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