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.
UPSTAY
Etymology
Verb
upstay (third-person singular simple present upstays, present participle upstaying, simple past and past participle upstayed)
(now rare) To sustain, support.
Anagrams
• stay up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*stay", v. t.
Definition: To sustain; to support. [Obs.] "His massy spear upstayed." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
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