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.
ADMIXTURE
mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing
(noun) the act of mixing together; “paste made by a mix of flour and water”; “the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”
admixture, intermixture
(noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; “the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure”; “a large intermixture of sand”
admixture, alloy
(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
admixture (countable and uncountable, plural admixtures)
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*mix"ture, n. Etym: [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]
1. The act of mixing; mixture.
2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
3. That which is mixed with anything.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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