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.
BI
bismuth, Bi, atomic number
(noun) a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
BI (uncountable)
(business) Initialism of business intelligence.
Anagrams
• IB, ib.
Etymology 1
Adjective
bi (not comparable)
(informal) Bisexual.
Synonym: Thesaurus:bisexual
Coordinate terms: pan, mono
Noun
bi (plural bis)
(informal) A bisexual person.
Synonyms: bisexual, Thesaurus:bisexual person
Etymology 2
Noun
bi (plural bi)
A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.
Anagrams
• IB, ib.
Source: Wiktionary
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