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.
SARD
sard, sardine, sardius
(noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
sard (countable and uncountable, plural sards)
(mineral) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.
Etymology 2
Verb
sard (third-person singular simple present sards, present participle sarding, simple past and past participle sarded)
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
Synonyms: fuck, jape, swive, Thesaurus:copulate with
Anagrams
• ADRs, ARDS, RDS.A, SADR, Sadr, ards, dars, rads
Source: Wiktionary
Sard, n. Etym: [L. sarda, Gr. sarde. Cf. Sardius.] (Min.)
Definition: A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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