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.
TWITE
Etymology
Noun
twite (plural twites)
A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
Synonyms
• (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie (Scotland), mountain linnet
Anagrams
• Witte, tewit
Source: Wiktionary
Twite, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European tree sparrow. (b) The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris). [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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