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.
NU
nu
(noun) the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
nu (uncountable)
The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.
A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Etymology 2
Interjection
nu
(Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
Etymology 3
Adjective
nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)
(slang spelling) new
Anagrams
• 'un, -un-, UN, Un, un, un-
Proper noun
NU
Abbreviation of Nunavut (a territory of Canada)
Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT
Abbreviation of Nuoro (Italian city in Sardegna)
Anagrams
• 'un, -un-, UN, Un, un, un-
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Nu
(Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Proper noun
Nu
Abbreviation of Numbers. (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut
Anagrams
• 'un, -un-, UN, Un, un, un-
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
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