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.
EXCRESCENT
excrescent
(adjective) forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
excrescent (plural excrescents)
Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
(phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.
Adjective
excrescent (comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent)
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cres"cent, a. Etym: [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]
Definition: Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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