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.
ENDOMORPH
endomorph
(noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endomorph (plural endomorphs)
A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another
A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection.
(bodybuilding) A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained easily, but fat levels are hard to reduce. Endomorphic bodybuilders tend to be the most massive.
Source: Wiktionary
En"do*morph, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HERMAPHRODITE
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