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.
STEVENS
Stevens, George Stevens
(noun) United States filmmaker (1905-1975)
Stevens, Wallace Stevens
(noun) United States poet (1879-1955)
Stevens, Smitty Stevens, S. Smith Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens
(noun) United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens’ power law to replace Fechner’s law (1906-1973)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
stevens
plural of steven
Proper noun
Stevens
An English patronymic surname derived from the given name Steven.
Source: Wiktionary
STEVEN
Ste"ven, n. Etym: [AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna.]
1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.] Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. Chaucer.
2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] Spenser. To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.] They setten steven for to meet To playen at the dice. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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