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.
EJECTIVE
Etymology
Adjective
ejective (not comparable)
Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.
Noun
ejective (plural ejectives)
(phonetics) A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly.
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