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.
DICHOTOMIC
Etymology
Adjective
dichotomic (comparative more dichotomic, superlative most dichotomic)
(computing) Choosing between two antithetical choices, between two distinct alternatives. Classification based upon two opposites.
(botany) That system of classification which pertains to two opposite criteria.
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