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.
TEENAGE
adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
teenage (uncountable)
(chiefly, Kentish dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.
Synonyms
• teenet
Etymology 2
Adjective
teenage (not comparable)
Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Source: Wiktionary
Teen"age, n.
Definition: The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
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