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.
woosh, whoosh
(verb) move with a sibilant sound; “He whooshed the doors open”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
woosh (plural wooshes)
Alternative form of whoosh
woosh (third-person singular simple present wooshes, present participle wooshing, simple past and past participle wooshed)
Alternative form of whoosh
• how so, howso, who so, whoos, whoso
Source: Wiktionary
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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.