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.
OPISOMETER
Etymology
Noun
opisometer (plural opisometers)
A device for measuring the length of curved lines, such as on a map.
Synonyms
• curvimeter
• meilograph
• map measurer
Anagrams
• opsiometer
Source: Wiktionary
Op`i*som"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Definition: An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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