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.
MIKE
microphone, mike, mic
(noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mike (plural mikes)
(informal) A microphone.
Verb
mike (third-person singular simple present mikes, present participle miking, simple past and past participle miked)
To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
To measure using a micrometer.
Usage notes
• This term is often found in the synonymous phrasal verb mike up, as in the 2006 quotation above.
Etymology 2
Noun
mike (plural mikes)
(military, slang) A minute.
Anagrams
• Kemi, Kime, kime
Etymology
Proper noun
Mike (countable and uncountable, plural Mikes)
(countable) A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
(countable) A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
(uncountable) The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Anagrams
• Kemi, Kime, kime
Source: Wiktionary
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