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.
DYSPEPTICS
Noun
dyspeptics
plural of dyspeptic
Source: Wiktionary
DYSPEPTIC
Dys*pep"tic, Dys*pep"tic*al, a.
Definition: Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom.
Dys*pep"tic, n.
Definition: A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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