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.
PSOAS
psoas
(noun) either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
psoas (plural psoae or psoai or psoas)
(anatomy) Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.
Anagrams
• Pasos, possa, soaps
Source: Wiktionary
Pso"as, n. Etym: [Gr. psoas.] (Anat.)
Definition: An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebræ and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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