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.
SESTON
Etymology
Noun
seston (plural sestons)
All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.
Hyponyms
• bioseston
• abioseston, tripton
Anagrams
• Stones, onsets, setons, stenos, stones
Source: Wiktionary
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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