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.
ROOMMATE
roommate, roomie, roomy
(noun) an associate who shares a room with you
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
roommate (plural roommates)
A person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc.
(US, AU, Canada) A person (UK: flatmate, housemate, AU: sharemate) sharing the same home (sharehome).
Synonyms
• (informal) roomie
• (US) flatmate, housemate
Anagrams
• room meat
Source: Wiktionary
Room"mate`, n.
Definition: One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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