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.
TRIQUETRAL
triquetral, triquetral bone, os triquetrum, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone
(noun) a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
triquetral (not comparable)
Three-cornered
Synonyms
• triquetrous
Noun
triquetral (plural triquetrals)
(anatomy) The triquetral bone
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*que"tral, a.
Definition: Triquetrous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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