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.
MONOGLOT
Etymology
Noun
monoglot (plural monoglots)
A person capable of speaking only a single language.
Synonyms
• monolinguist, uniglot, unilinguist
Adjective
monoglot (comparative more monoglot, superlative most monoglot)
Capable of speaking only a single language; monolingual.
Synonyms
• monolingual
Anagrams
• glom onto
Source: Wiktionary
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