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.
GYMNIC
Etymology
Adjective
gymnic (comparative more gymnic, superlative most gymnic)
(now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
Noun
gymnic (plural gymnics)
(in the plural, now rare) Gymnastics.
Source: Wiktionary
Gym"nic, Gym"nic*al a. Etym: [L. gymnicus, Gr. gymnique. See Gymmasium.]
Definition: Athletic; gymnastic. [Obs.] Have they not swordplayers, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners Milton.
Gym"nic, n.
Definition: Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMISERATIVE
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
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