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.
BACKCOURT
Etymology
Noun
backcourt (plural backcourts)
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
Coordinate terms
• frontcourt
• midcourt
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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