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.
ELASTICATED
Adjective
elasticated (not comparable)
Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly.
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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