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.
TRAPEZIUMS
Noun
trapeziums
plural of trapezium
Source: Wiktionary
TRAPEZIUM
Tra*pe"zi*um, n.; pl. E. Trapeziums, L. Trapezia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tetra-) + Foot.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.
2. (Anat.) (a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. (b) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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