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.
DIAPHONE
diaphone
(noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
diaphone (plural diaphones)
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
Etymology 2
Dia(lect) + phone
Noun
diaphone (plural diaphones)
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme.
(phonology) All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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