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.
EPITHEMA
Etymology
Noun
epithema
(zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*the"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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