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.
CONVEXED
Etymology
Adjective
convexed (comparative more convexed, superlative most convexed)
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"vexed ( or ), a.
Definition: Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.
CONVEX
Con"vex, a. Etym: [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.]
Definition: Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
Con"vex, n.
Definition: A convex body or surface. Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. Tickell.
Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionallyby later poets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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