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.
MORIBUND
moribund
(adjective) being on the point of death; breathing your last; “a moribund patient”
stagnant, moribund
(adjective) not growing or changing; without force or vitality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
moribund (not comparable)
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
Noun
moribund (plural moribunds)
A person who is near to dying.
Anagrams
• unmorbid
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"i*bund, a. Etym: [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal.]
Definition: In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland.
Mor"i*bund, n.
Definition: A dying person. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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