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.
OREAD
Oread
(noun) (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oread (plural oreads or oreades)
(Greek mythology) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
Anagrams
• E-road, O'Dare, Roade, adore, dorea, oared
Source: Wiktionary
O"re*ad, n. Etym: [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. oréade.] (Class. Myth.)
Definition: One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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