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.
TELEPORT
teleport
(verb) transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
teleport (third-person singular simple present teleports, present participle teleporting, simple past and past participle teleported)
(intransitive) To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
(transitive) To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.
Synonyms
• (to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance): beam
Noun
teleport (plural teleports)
(scifi) A teleporter.
A satellite ground station.
Anagrams
• treeplot
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Coffee Trivia
