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.
FENNIC
Fennic, Finnic, Non-Ugric
(noun) one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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