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.
WHIMPLED
Verb
whimpled
simple past tense and past participle of whimple
Source: Wiktionary
WHIMPLE
Whim"ple, v. t.
Definition: See Wimple.
Whim"ple, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Whiffle.]
Definition: To whiffle; to veer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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