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.
ONSHORE
onshore
(adjective) on the edge of the land; “an onshore lighthouse”
inshore, onshore, shoreward
(adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; “an inshore breeze”; “an onshore gale”
onshore
(adverb) on or toward the land; “they were living onshore”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
onshore (not comparable)
moving from the sea towards the land: an onshore breeze
positioned on or near the shore
Within the country; not overseas.
Adverb
onshore (comparative more onshore, superlative most onshore)
from the sea towards the land
Verb
onshore (third-person singular simple present onshores, present participle onshoring, simple past and past participle onshored)
(management) To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
Anagrams
• Honores, heroons, noshore, sorehon
Source: Wiktionary
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