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.
ADDAX
addax, Addax nasomaculatus
(noun) large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
addax (plural addaxes or addax)
A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus), with long horns, that lives in the desert. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"dax, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).
Note: It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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