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.
DECOMPOSITES
Noun
decomposites
plural of decomposite
Source: Wiktionary
DECOMPOSITE
De`com*pos"ite, a. Etym: [Pref. de- (intens.) + composite.]
1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: See Decompound, a., 2.
De`com*pos"ite, n.
Definition: Anything decompounded. Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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