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.
DEFLEX
Verb
deflex (third-person singular simple present deflexes, present participle deflexing, simple past and past participle deflexed)
(zoology, botany) To bend down.
Adjective
deflex (not comparable)
(archery, of a bow) Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the energy stored by the weapon.
Anagrams
• flexed
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