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.
LEONINE
leonine
(adjective) of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
leonine (comparative more leonine, superlative most leonine)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
Etymology 2
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
(poetry) A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.
Anagrams
• Noeline
Source: Wiktionary
Le"o*nine, a. Etym: [L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F. léonin. See Lion.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine repacity.
– Le"o*nine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example: Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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