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.
PLATY
platy, Platypoecilus maculatus
(noun) small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
platy (not comparable)
Resembling plates.
(heraldry) Of a field semy of plates.
(geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.
Etymology 2
Noun
platy (plural platys or platies or platy)
Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).
Usage notes
• Many named varieties of platy have been bred.
Anagrams
• aptly, patly, typal
Source: Wiktionary
Plat"y, a.
Definition: Like a plate; consisting of plates.
Plat"y-.
Definition: A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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