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.
LATERAD
Etymology
Adverb
laterad (comparative more laterad, superlative most laterad)
(anatomy) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane.
Antonyms
• mesiad
Anagrams
• dataler
Source: Wiktionary
Lat"er*ad, adv. Etym: [L. latus, lateris, side + ad to.] (Anat.)
Definition: Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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