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.
RHEOTROPE
Etymology
Noun
rheotrope (plural rheotropes)
An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.
Source: Wiktionary
Rhe"o*trope, n. Etym: [Gr. (Elec.)
Definition: An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. [Written also reotrope.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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