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.
EUTHERIAN
eutherian
(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria; “eutherian mammals”
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
eutherian (not comparable)
Belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.
Noun
eutherian (plural eutherians)
An animal of the group Eutheria.
Source: Wiktionary
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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