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.
ACROPARESTHESIA
Etymology
Noun
acroparesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural acroparesthesias)
(medicine) severe pain in the extremities
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SHOCKINGLY
(adverb) so as to shock the feelings; “One day, she lost her temper, completely, suddenly and, even to herself, shockingly”; “Suddenly, shockingly, the clergyman’s son was a desperado.”
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