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.
CHIRAGRA
Etymology
Noun
chiragra (uncountable)
(medicine) gout in the hand
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• agrichar
Source: Wiktionary
Chi*ra"gra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Gout in the hand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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