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.
ROENTGENOGRAM
roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photograph
(noun) a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
roentgenogram (plural roentgenograms)
An X-ray image.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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