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.
DZIGGETAI
chigetai, dziggetai, Equus hemionus hemionus
(noun) Mongolian wild ass
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dziggetai (plural dziggetais)
The Mongolian wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager.
Source: Wiktionary
Dzig"ge*tai, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus).
Note: The name is sometimes applied also to the koulan or onager. See Koulan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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