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.
BULBOUS
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
(adjective) curving outward
bulblike, bulbous, bulb-shaped
(adjective) shaped like a bulb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)
Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
(of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
(botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
Source: Wiktionary
Bulb"ous, a. Etym: [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See Bulb, n.]
Definition: Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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