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.
AORIST
aorist
(noun) a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aorist (plural aorists)
(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.
(grammar, countable) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.
(grammar, countable) A particular verb in the aorist.
Adjective
aorist (not comparable)
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.
Anagrams
• Artois, Rosati, Sirota, aristo, aristo-, ratios, satori, Ă trois
Source: Wiktionary
A"o*rist, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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