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.
PIET
Etymology
Noun
piet (plural piets)
(now Ireland, UK regional) The magpie.
Etymology
Proper noun
Piet
An esoteric programming language whose programs are bitmaps that look like abstract art.
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"et, n. Etym: [Dim. of Pie a magpie: cf. F. piette a smew.] (Zoöl.) (a) The dipper, or watter ouzel. [Scot.] (b) The magpie. [Prov.Eng.] Jay piet (Zoöl.), the European jay. [Prov.Eng.] -- Sea piet (Zoöl.), the oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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