Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AGNOMINA
AGNOMEN
agnomen
(noun) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in āFerdinand the Greatā)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
agnomina
plural of agnomen
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• Magonian
Source: Wiktionary
AGNOMEN
Ag*no"men, n. Etym: [L.; ad + nomen name.]
1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, or account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; āunseasoned artillery volunteersā; āstill untested in battleā; āan illustrator untried in mural paintingā; āa young hand at plowingā
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