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.
CATAMOUNT
cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor
(noun) large American feline resembling a lion
lynx, catamount
(noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
catamount (plural catamounts)
A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx.
Source: Wiktionary
Cat"a*mount, n. Etym: [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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