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.
SLEEPWALKER
sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist
(noun) someone who walks about in their sleep
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sleepwalker (plural sleepwalkers)
Someone who walks about in their sleep.
Synonyms
• somnambulist
Source: Wiktionary
Sleep"walk`er, n.
Definition: One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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