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.
TYMPANI
kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
(noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
tympani (plural tympanis)
Alternative spelling of timpani
Source: Wiktionary
TYMPANO
Tym"pa*no, n.; pl. Tympani. Etym: [It. timpano. See Tympanum.] (Mus.)
Definition: A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also timpano.]
Tym"pa*no-.
Definition: A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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