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.
UPTIE
Etymology
Verb
uptie (third-person singular simple present upties, present participle uptying, simple past and past participle uptied)
To tie up, fasten up.
Anagrams
• UPite, tepui, tie up, tie-up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*tie", v. t.
Definition: To tie up. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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