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.
FRAZIL
Etymology
Noun
frazil (countable and uncountable, plural frazils)
(North America) A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.
Hypernyms
• ice
Source: Wiktionary
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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