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.
tricycle, trike, velocipede
(noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
velocipede
(noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
velocipede (plural velocipedes)
(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
(archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
(archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
(humorous) A bicycle.
• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker
velocipede (third-person singular simple present velocipedes, present participle velocipeding, simple past and past participle velocipeded)
to ride on velocipede
Source: Wiktionary
Ve*loc"i*pede, n. Etym: [L. velox, -ocis, swift + pes, pedis, a foot. See Velocity, and Foot.]
Definition: A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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.