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.
TOUTED
Verb
touted
simple past tense and past participle of tout
Anagrams
• duetto
Source: Wiktionary
TOUT
Tout, v. t. Etym: [See 1st Toot.]
1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.]
2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
Tout, n.
Definition: One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]
Tout, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Toot. ]
Definition: To toot a horn.
Tout, n
Definition: The anus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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