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.
ALASTRIM
alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
(noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
alastrim (uncountable)
(medicine) A milder variant of smallpox
Synonyms
• variola minor
• amaas
• Cuban itch
• kaffir pox
• West Indian pox
• milk pox
• pseudovariola
• white pox
Anagrams
• Martials, alarmist, martials, salatrim
Source: Wiktionary
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