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.
VISCEROMOTOR
Etymology
Adjective
visceromotor (not comparable)
Relating to or controlling movement in the viscera, noting the sympathetic nerves innervating the viscera, especially the intestines.
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FABLED
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
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