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.
WAINWRIGHT
wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright
(noun) a wagon maker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wainwright (plural wainwrights)
a person who builds and repairs wagons
Proper noun
Wainwright
An English surname from someone who built wagons.
Noun
Wainwright (plural Wainwrights)
(climbing) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.
Source: Wiktionary
Wain"wright`, n.
Definition: Same as Wagonwright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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