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.
AMNESIA
amnesia, memory loss, blackout
(noun) partial or total loss of memory; “he has a total blackout for events of the evening”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)
(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
(figurative) Forgetfulness.
Anagrams
• aminase, anemias
Source: Wiktionary
Am*ne"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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