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.
ACARID
acarid
(noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acarid (plural acarids)
(zoology) Any parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.
Adjective
acarid (comparative more acarid, superlative most acarid)
(zoology) Of or pertaining to acarids.
Anagrams
• -cardia, Cardia, cardia, cariad
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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