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.
DEOXYGENATED
Verb
deoxygenated
simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenate
Source: Wiktionary
DEOXYGENATE
De*ox"y*gen*ate, v. t. (Chem.)
Definition: To deoxidize. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
12 February 2025
MEGACOLON
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
Coffee Trivia
