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.
WASSERMAN
Etymology
Noun
wasserman (plural wassermen)
(obsolete) A mythical sea monster, part man, thought to destroy ships.
Anagrams
• manswears
Proper noun
Wasserman
A surname.
Anagrams
• manswears
Source: Wiktionary
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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