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.
BASCINET
Etymology
Noun
bascinet (plural bascinets)
A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.
Anagrams
• bacinets, bisecant, cabinets
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"ci*net, n. Etym: [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin.]
Definition: A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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