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.
ACCENTOR
accentor
(noun) small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
accentor (plural accentors)
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
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• concreta
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cen"tor, n. Etym: [L. ad. + cantor singer, canere to sing.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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