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.
UPBLOWING
Etymology 1
Adjective
upblowing (comparative more upblowing, superlative most upblowing)
Blowing in an upward direction
Verb
upblowing
present participle of upblow
Etymology 2
Noun
upblowing (countable and uncountable, plural upblowings)
An act or instance of blowing up
Anagrams
• blowing up
Source: Wiktionary
UPBLOW
Up*blow", v. t.
Definition: To inflate. [Obs.] Spenser.
Up*blow", v. i.
Definition: To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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