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.
PREMANDIBULAR
Etymology
Adjective
premandibular (not comparable)
In front of the lower jaw.
Noun
premandibular (plural premandibulars)
A bone in front of the lower jaw in some reptiles.
Source: Wiktionary
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SECURE
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
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