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.
LAYERAGE
Etymology
Noun
layerage (countable and uncountable, plural layerages)
The botanical technique of layering, or laying the shoot of a plant underground for growth.
Anagrams
• eagle ray
Source: Wiktionary
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23 April 2025
UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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