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.
PENTAD
five, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pentad (plural pentads)
A group or series of five things.
A mean average value of temperature, etc, taken every five days.
(chemistry) Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad.
Synonyms
• (group of five): fivesome; see also quintet
Coordinate terms
• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade
Anagrams
• panted, pedant
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"tad, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
Pen"tad, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Having the valence of a pentad.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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