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.
ANTIHERO
antihero
(noun) a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
antihero (plural antiheroes)
(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
Anagrams
• on the air, on-the-air
Source: Wiktionary
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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