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.
HALOID
Etymology
Adjective
haloid (not comparable)
(chemistry) Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.
Noun
haloid (plural haloids)
(chemistry) Any haloid substance.
Anagrams
• Hoidal, dihalo
Source: Wiktionary
Ha"loid ( or ), a. Etym: [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. cal.] (Chem.)
Definition: Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.
– n.
Definition: A haloid substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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