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.
TREMORING
Verb
tremoring
present participle of tremor
Noun
tremoring (plural tremorings)
A tremor.
Anagrams
• remorting
Source: Wiktionary
TREMOR
Tre"mor, n. Etym: [L., from tremere to tremble. See Tremble, v.]
Definition: A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old. He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints. Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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