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.
EARTHMAD
Earth"mad`, n. Etym: [Earth + mad an earthworm.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The earthworm. [Obs.] The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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