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.
UNTHATCH
Etymology
Verb
unthatch (third-person singular simple present unthatches, present participle unthatching, simple past and past participle unthatched)
(transitive) To remove the thatch from.
Anagrams
• nuthatch
Source: Wiktionary
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