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.
MEGALO
Meg-, Meg"a, Meg"a*lo-. Etym: [Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy, great.]
Definition: Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm. (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.)
Definition: A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.
Meg"a*lo-.
Definition: See Meg-.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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