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.
CHORDEE
Etymology
Noun
chordee (plural chordees)
(medicine) An abnormal downward curve to the erect penis.
Anagrams
• cohered, derecho, heredoc, ochered
Source: Wiktionary
Chor*dee", n. Etym: [F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord.] (Med.)
Definition: A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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