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.
ARTESIAN
artesian
(adjective) (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; “an artesian well”; “artesian pressure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
artesian (not comparable)
(of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
Anagrams
• Erastian, antisera, arsinate, ratanies, resinata, santeria, santerĂa
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*te"sian, a. Etym: [F. artésien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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