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.
COLOURLESS
colorless, colourless
(adjective) weak in color; not colorful
colorless, colourless
(adjective) lacking in variety and interest; “a colorless and unimaginative person”; “a colorless description of the parade”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
colourless (comparative more colourless, superlative most colourless)
Having little or no colour.
(of a liquid) Water white.
Lacking in interest or variety.
Synonyms
• (having little or no colour): see also achromatic
• (of a liquid): clear, waterlike; see also transparent
• (lacking in interest): drab, dull; see also boring
Source: Wiktionary
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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