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.
TETHYS
Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus
(noun) type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Tethys
(noun) (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Te"thys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AMATORY
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