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.
TRACHYTE
Etymology
Noun
trachyte (countable and uncountable, plural trachytes)
(geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
Anagrams
• chattery, ratchety
Source: Wiktionary
Tra"chyte, n. Etym: [Gr. trachyte.] (Geol.)
Definition: An igneous rock,usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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