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.
TUNABLE
Etymology
Adjective
tunable (comparative more tunable, superlative most tunable)
(now rare) Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. [from 16th c.]
Able to be tuned. [from 18th c.]
Noun
tunable (plural tunables)
(computer) A setting that can be configured.
Anagrams
• abluent, ant-blue, bleaunt, blue ant, butenal
Source: Wiktionary
Tun"a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.
– Tun"a*ble*ness, n.
– Tun"a*bly, adv. And tunable as sylvan pipe or song. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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