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.
AASVOGEL
Etymology
Noun
aasvogel (plural aasvogels)
(South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Usage notes
This word has no currency in modern South African English. It has been used by writers Rider Haggard, John Buchan and Saki to lend colour and authenticity to their works.
Source: Wiktionary
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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