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.
LYTTA
Etymology
Noun
lytta (plural lyttae)
(anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.
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Source: Wiktionary
Lyt"ta, n.; pl. Lyttæ. Etym: [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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