AUTOPTIC

Etymology

Adjective

autoptic (comparative more autoptic, superlative most autoptic)

Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation.

Synonyms

• autoptical

Source: Wiktionary


Au*top"tic, Au*top"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. autoptique.]

Definition: Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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