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.
CRYOSTATIC
Etymology
Adjective
cryostatic (not comparable)
of or pertaining to a cryostat or to cryostasis
(geology) of or pertaining to the pressure exerted on soil or rocks by the freezing of water
Anagrams
• astrocytic
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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