CONTRAFAGOTTO

contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double bassoon

(noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

contrafagotto (plural contrafagottos or contrafagotti)

contrabassoon

Source: Wiktionary



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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.

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