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.
GOBY
goby, gudgeon
(noun) small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
goby (plural goby or gobies)
Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.
A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio.
Anagrams
• bogy, boyg
Source: Wiktionary
Go"by, n.; pl. Gobies. Etym: [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Gudgeon.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Go"-by`, n.
Definition: A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by. Some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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