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.
MERCHILD
Etymology
Noun
merchild (plural merchildren)
The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
Synonyms
• merkid
Hyponyms
• merbaby
• merteen
Source: Wiktionary
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