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.
DORIS
Doris
(noun) a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken
Doris
(noun) (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Doris
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
A region of Asia Minor inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
(astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
(British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
Etymology 2
Adjective
Doris (not comparable)
(Cockney rhyming slang) gay
Anagrams
• 'roids, DOSRI, Sidor, dorsi-, roids, rosid
Source: Wiktionary
Do"ris, n. Etym: [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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