Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
IDIOPHONE
Etymology
Noun
idiophone (plural idiophones)
Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).
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ACRIMONIOUS
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; āan acrimonious disputeā; ābitter about the divorceā
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