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.
TOUSLE
tousle, dishevel, tangle
(verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel; “The strong wind tousled my hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tousle (third-person singular simple present tousles, present participle tousling, simple past and past participle tousled)
To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
Noun
tousle (plural tousles)
The action of ruffling or setting in disorder.
Anagrams
• lutose, solute, tousel
Source: Wiktionary
Tou"sle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. of touse. Cf.Tossle.]
Definition: To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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