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.
FOOTPRINT
footprint
(noun) the area taken up by some object; “the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches”
footprint, footmark, step
(noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; “the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window”
footprint
(noun) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; “the footprints of an earlier civilization”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
footprint (plural footprints)
The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
Synonym: footmark
Space required by a piece of equipment.
(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
(figurative) Profession or lifestyle.
The surface space occupied by a structure.
A company's geographic market presence.
(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
Hyponyms: carbon footprint, ecological footprint
Availability of a satellite from the ground.
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"print`, n.
Definition: The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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