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.
EMETIC
emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant
(noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)
(pharmaceutical effect) causing nausea and vomiting
Noun
emetic (plural emetics)
(pharmaceutical drug) an agent that induces vomiting
Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory
Source: Wiktionary
E*met"ic, a. Etym: [L. emeticus, Gr. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.] (Med.)
Definition: Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.
– n.
Definition: A medicine which causes vomiting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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