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.
SPHYNX
Proper noun
Sphynx
Archaic form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).
Noun
Sphynx (plural Sphynxes)
A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
Noun
sphynx (plural sphynxes)
Alternative form of Sphynx
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
5 November 2024
TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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