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.
DODECAGON
dodecagon
(noun) a twelve-sided polygon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dodecagon (plural dodecagons)
(geometry) A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.
Synonyms
• 12-gon
• duodecagon
Source: Wiktionary
Do*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. dodécagone.] (Geom.)
Definition: A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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