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.
YAULD
Etymology
Adjective
yauld (comparative yaulder or more yauld, superlative yauldest or most yauld)
(Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Vigorous; strong; healthy.
(Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Active; sprightly; alert.
(Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Supple; active; athletic; nimble.
Anagrams
• Dulay, Dyula
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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