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.
PHOSPHINIC
Etymology
Adjective
phosphinic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to phosphinic acid or its derivatives
Source: Wiktionary
Phos*phin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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