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.
BOD
Noun
BOD
Initialism of biochemical oxygen demand.
Initialism of biological oxygen demand.
Initialism of benefit of the doubt.
Initialism of beginning of day.
Initialism of board of directors.
Initialism of Brightlingsea One Design. (sailing boat class)
Synonyms
• (beginning of day): SOD
Anagrams
• DOB, dob
Etymology
Noun
bod (plural bods)
(slang) The body.
(slang) A person.
Anagrams
• DOB, dob
Etymology
Shortening.
Proper noun
the Bod
(UK, Oxford University slang) The Bodleian Library.
Anagrams
• DOB, dob
Source: Wiktionary
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Word of the Day
15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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