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.
UMLAUTED
Verb
umlauted
simple past tense and past participle of umlaut
Adjective
umlauted (not comparable)
Modified by the addition of an umlaut.
Source: Wiktionary
Um"laut*ed, a. (Philol.)
Definition: Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels. There is so natural connection between umlauted forms and plurality. Earle.
UMLAUT
Um"laut, n. Etym: [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.)
Definition: The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a, o, u, followed by old i, are written ä, ö, ü, or ae, oe, ue; as, männer or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of goose, men pl. of man, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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