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.
BASKING
Verb
basking
present participle of bask
Noun
basking (plural baskings)
The act of one who basks.
Anagrams
• bakings
Source: Wiktionary
BASK
Bask, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Basked (p. pr. & vb. n. Basking.] Etym: [ OScand. ba to bathe one's self, or perh. bakask to bake one's self, sk being reflexive. See Bath, n., Bake, v. t.]
Definition: To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat. Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. Goldsmith.
Bask, v. t.
Definition: To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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