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.
ACEPHALOUS
acephalous
(adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head; “acephalous worms”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
acephalous (comparative more acephalous, superlative most acephalous)
Headless
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
Without a leader or chief.
Without a beginning
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable
Source: Wiktionary
A*ceph"a*lous, a. Etym: [See Acephal.]
1. Headless.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.
6. (Pros.)
Definition: Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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