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.
ANOMALOUS
anomalous
(adjective) deviating from the general or common order or type; āadvanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
anomalous (comparative more anomalous, superlative most anomalous)
Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
Of uncertain or unknown categorization; strange.
Having anomalies.
Source: Wiktionary
A*nom"a*lous, a Etym: [L. anomalus, Gr. Same, and cf. Abnormal.]
Definition: Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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