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.
UNRIVET
Etymology
Verb
unrivet (third-person singular simple present unrivets, present participle unriveting, simple past and past participle unriveted)
(transitive) To remove or loosen the rivets of.
Anagrams
• venturi
Source: Wiktionary
Un*riv"et, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + rivet.]
Definition: To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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