PREFIXION

Etymology

Noun

prefixion (countable and uncountable, plural prefixions)

(archaic) The act of prefixing.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*fix"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. prefixion.]

Definition: The act of prefixing. [R.] Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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