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.
AGELASTIC
Etymology
Adjective
agelastic (comparative more agelastic, superlative most agelastic)
Not jovial; never laughing.
Antonyms
• (not jovial): Abderian
Anagrams
• glaciates
Source: Wiktionary
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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