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.
RUNOFF
runoff
(noun) a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
overflow, runoff, overspill
(noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
runoff (countable and uncountable, plural runoffs)
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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