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.
HYPERVELOCITY
hypervelocity
(noun) excessive velocity; “the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypervelocity (plural hypervelocities)
A very high velocity.
A hypersonic velocity
(astronomy) a velocity greater than escape velocity
Source: Wiktionary
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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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