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.
BONTEBOK
Etymology
Noun
bontebok (plural bonteboks)
A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
Source: Wiktionary
Bon"te*bok, n. Etym: [D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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