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.
ACETUM
vinegar, acetum
(noun) sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
acetum
(noun) a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acetum (plural acetums)
(obsolete) vinegar (sometimes medicated)
Anagrams
• cumate, mucate
Source: Wiktionary
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