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.
YENS
Etymology 1
Noun
yens
plural of yen
Verb
yens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yen
Etymology 2
A contraction of the phrase "ye ones".
Pronoun
yens second person plural
(colloquial, chiefly, Appalachia, also western Pennsylvania and Midwestern US) You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
Synonyms
• see the list of other second-person pronouns in you
Anagrams
• NYSE, neys, nyes, snye, syen, syne
Source: Wiktionary
YEN
Yen, n.
Definition: The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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