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.
INFIMUM
Etymology
Noun
infimum (plural infima or infimums)
(mathematics) (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.
Synonyms
• greatest lower bound
Antonyms
• supremum
Source: Wiktionary
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