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.
INFLEXION
inflection, inflexion
(noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inflexion (countable and uncountable, plural inflexions)
Alternative spelling of inflection
Source: Wiktionary
In*flex"ion, n.
Definition: Inflection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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