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.
OU
Etymology 1
Noun
ou (plural ous)
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
Etymology 2
Noun
ou (plural ous or ouens)
(South Africa, colloquial) A fellow, guy, bloke. [from 20th c.]
Anagrams
• U&O
Proper noun
OU
Initialism of Open University.
Initialism of Ohio University.
Initialism of University of Oklahoma.
Anagrams
• U&O
Source: Wiktionary
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