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.
CYMA
cyma, cymatium
(noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cyma
(architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
(botany) A cyme.
Anagrams
• Macy, YMCA
Source: Wiktionary
Cy"ma (s"m) n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Cyme]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A cyme. See Cyme. Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below.
– Cyma reversa, or Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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