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.
UPTURNED
retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned
(adjective) (used of noses) turned up at the end; “a retrousse nose”; “a small upturned nose”
overturned, upset, upturned
(adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; “an overturned car”; “the upset pitcher of milk”; “sat on an upturned bucket”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
upturned (comparative more upturned, superlative most upturned)
turned over; inverted; capsized
(of a nose etc.) turned up at the end
looking upwards, turned upwards
Anagrams
• turned up, underput
Source: Wiktionary
UPTURN
Up*turn", v. t.
Definition: To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." D. Webster. So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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