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.
BIMEDIAL
Bi*me"di*al, a. Etym: [Pref. bi- + medial.] (Geom.)
Definition: Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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