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.
INANES
Noun
inanes
plural of inane
Anagrams
• Annies, Sannie, Sienna, insane, nenias, sannie, sienna
Source: Wiktionary
INANE
In*ane", a. Etym: [L. inanis.]
Definition: Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." I. Taylor.
– In*ane"ly, adv.
In*ane", n.
Definition: That which is void or empty. [R.] The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. Locke.
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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