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.
LONGICORN
Etymology
Adjective
longicorn
(zoology) Long-horned.
(zoology) Of or relating to the Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
Noun
longicorn (plural longicorns)
One of the Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
Source: Wiktionary
Lon"gi*corn, a. Etym: [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.
– n.
Definition: One of the Longicornia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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