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.
MALONIC
Etymology
From malic plus an arbitrary suffix
Adjective
malonic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to malonic acid or its derivatives
Anagrams
• Camolin, cominal, incalmo, limacon, limaçon
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*lon"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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