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.
INCINERATION
incineration
(noun) the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
incineration (countable and uncountable, plural incinerations)
The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
Source: Wiktionary
In*cin`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. incineratio: cf. F. incinération.]
Definition: The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation. The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. Skelton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
Coffee Trivia
