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.
YELLS
Noun
yells
plural of yell
Verb
yells
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yell
Anagrams
• Lyles, selly
Source: Wiktionary
YELL
Yell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] Etym: [OE. yellen, , AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.]
Definition: To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton.
Yell, v. t.
Definition: To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak.
Yell, n.
Definition: A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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