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.
KNEECAPPED
KNEECAP
kneecap
(verb) shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; “They kneecapped the industrialist”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
kneecapped
simple past tense and past participle of kneecap
Source: Wiktionary
KNEECAP
Knee"cap`, n.
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The kneepan.
2. A cap or protection for the knee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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