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.
EXTERIORIZE
exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
(verb) make external or objective, or give reality to; “language externalizes our thoughts”
exteriorize, bring outside
(verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
exteriorize (third-person singular simple present exteriorizes, present participle exteriorizing, simple past and past participle exteriorized)
(transitive) To externalize.
(surgery, transitive) To expose (an internal organ) for observation or surgery.
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPULSIVE
(adjective) without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted”
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