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.
DELPHINOID
Etymology
Adjective
delphinoid (comparative more delphinoid, superlative most delphinoid)
(zoology) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin
Noun
delphinoid (plural delphinoids)
Any cetacean of the superfamily Delphinoidea
Anagrams
• diphenidol
Source: Wiktionary
Del"phi*noid, a. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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