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.
APPOSITIONAL
appositional, appositive
(adjective) relating to or being in apposition; “an appositive noun”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
appositional (comparative more appositional, superlative most appositional)
Relating to apposition.
Noun
appositional (plural appositionals)
(linguistics) A compound or construction with apposed elements.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`po*si"tion*al, a.
Definition: Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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