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.
DETOX
detox
(noun) the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
detox, detoxify
(verb) treat for alcohol or drug dependence; “He was detoxified in the clinic”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
detox (countable and uncountable, plural detoxes)
Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
A detoxification unit.
Verb
detox (third-person singular simple present detoxes, present participle detoxing, simple past and past participle detoxed)
(ambitransitive) To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.
Anagrams
• Oxted
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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