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.
CARIB
Carib, Caribbean language
(noun) the family of languages spoken by the Carib
Carib, Carib Indian
(noun) a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Car"ib, n.; pl. Caries. Etym: [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.)
Definition: A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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