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.
CHAMPY
Etymology
Proper noun
Champy (plural er-noun)
The lake monster of Lake Champlain, in upstate New York, Vermont and southern Quebec. (when considered as a singular monster)
Noun
Champy (countable and uncountable, plural Champies)
A lake monster in Lake Champlain, in upstate New York, Vermont and southern Quebec. (when considered as population of monsters)
Hypernyms
• lake monster
Source: Wiktionary
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