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.
EXOPHTHALMIA
Etymology
Noun
exophthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural exophthalmias)
(medicine) The protrusion of an eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, as a consequence of disease.
Synonyms
• popeye
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`oph*thal"mi*a, n. Etym: [Nl.,fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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