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.
MANGE
mange
(noun) a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mange (uncountable)
(pathology) A skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp, Demodecidae spp.).
Anagrams
• GenAm, Megan, Megna, engma
Source: Wiktionary
Mange, n. Etym: [See Mangy.] (Vet.)
Definition: The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts. Mange insect (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The mange insect of the horse (Psoroptes, or Dermatodectes, equi), and that of cattle (Symbiotes, or Dermatophagys, bovis) are the most important species. See Acarina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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