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.
ANTITRANSPIRANT
Etymology
Adjective
antitranspirant (not comparable)
(botany, horticulture) Reducing transpiration in plants.
Noun
antitranspirant (plural antitranspirants)
(botany, horticulture) A substance applied to plant leaves to reduce transpiration.
Source: Wiktionary
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STOPPER
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
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