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.
WIDENER
Etymology
Noun
widener (plural wideners)
Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.
Anagrams
• Redwine, Weidner, red wine, rewiden, weirden
Proper noun
Widener (plural Wideners)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Widener is the 6250th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5464 individuals. Widener is most common among White (93.47%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Redwine, Weidner, red wine, rewiden, weirden
Source: Wiktionary
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AIR
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
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