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.
AFFLUX
Etymology
Noun
afflux (plural affluxes)
An upward rush of fluid.
(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
Source: Wiktionary
Af"flux`, n. Etym: [L. affluxum, p. p. of affluere: cf. F. afflux. See Affluence.]
Definition: A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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