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.
ANTICONVULSIVE
Etymology
Adjective
anticonvulsive (not comparable)
(pharmaceutical effect) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
Noun
anticonvulsive (plural anticonvulsives)
(pharmaceutical drug) Any anticonvulsant drug.
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*con*vul"sive, a. (Med.)
Definition: Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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