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.
MASTOIDAL
mastoid, mastoidal
(adjective) relating to or resembling a nipple
mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
(noun) process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mastoidal (not comparable)
mastoid
Source: Wiktionary
Mas*toid"al, a.
Definition: Same as Mastoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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