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.
BALLISTIC
ballistic
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; “ballistic missile”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ballistic (comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)
(not comparable) Or relating to ballistics.
(comparable) Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power
(comparable, slang) Very angry.
Synonyms
• ballistical
Antonyms
• anti-ballistic
• guided, projectile
Source: Wiktionary
Bal*lis"tic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
2. Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile. Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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