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.
FINALIST
finalist
(noun) a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
finalist (plural finalists)
Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
A university student in his/her final year of study.
Anagrams
• Filastin, tail fins, tailfins
Source: Wiktionary
Fi"nal*ist, n. (Sports)
Definition: Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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