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.
SERIN
serin
(noun) any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
serin (plural serins)
Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.
Anagrams
• ESRIN, Isner, Rines, Siren, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, siren
Source: Wiktionary
Ser"in, n. Etym: [F. serin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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