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.
DECAMETRE
decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm
(noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decametre (plural decametres)
An SI unit of length equal to 101 metres.
(prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.
(prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.
Synonyms
• dam
Anagrams
• decameter
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"a*me`ter, Dec"a*me`tre, n. Etym: [F. décamètre; Gr. mètre. See Meter.]
Definition: A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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