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.
SICE
Etymology 1
Noun
sice (plural sices)
Alternative spelling of sais
Etymology 2
Noun
sice (plural sices)
(dice, obsolete) The number six in a game of dice.
Anagrams
• ECIS, ECSI, EICs, ESCI, ICEs, Ices, ices
Source: Wiktionary
Sice, n. Etym: [F. six, fr. L. sex six. See Six.]
Definition: The number six at dice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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