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.
NANISMS
Noun
nanisms
plural of nanism
Source: Wiktionary
NANISM
Na"nism, n. [Gr. + -ism: cf. F. nanisme.]
Definition: The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfishness; -- opposed to gigantism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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