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.
UNDERTOW
undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose
(noun) the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
undertow
(noun) an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling; “his account had a poignant undertow of regret”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
undertow (third-person singular simple present undertows, present participle undertowing, simple past and past participle undertowed)
(transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
(transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
(intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.
Noun
undertow (plural undertows)
A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
(by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*tow`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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