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.
WHEREOF
Etymology
Conjunction
whereof
(formal) Of what.
(formal) Of which.
(formal) Of whom.
(archaic) With or by which.
Adverb
whereof (not comparable)
(archaic) Of what.
(archaic) Of which.
Anagrams
• forehew
Source: Wiktionary
Where*of", adv.
1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively. I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies. Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe. Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. Shak.
2. Of what; -- used interrogatively. Whereof was the house built Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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