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.
MORENDO
Etymology
Adverb
morendo (not comparable)
(music) Fading away in tone or tempo.
Anagrams
• Ormonde, doormen, monored
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*ren"do, a. & n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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