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.
HAPUKU
Etymology
Noun
hapuku (plural hapukus or hapuku)
(zoology) A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
Source: Wiktionary
Ha*pu"ku, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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