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.
NINETEEN
nineteen, xix
(adjective) being one more than eighteen
nineteen, XIX
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Numeral
nineteen
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
Source: Wiktionary
Nine"teen`, a. Etym: [AS. nigont, nigont. See Nine, and Ten.]
Definition: Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.
Nine"teen`, n.
1. The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
2. A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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