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.
FILMLIKE
Etymology
Adjective
filmlike (comparative more filmlike, superlative most filmlike)
Resembling a film.
(figuratively, by extension) Unrealistically romantic, exciting, scenic, etc.
(of a digital photograph or video) Having qualities similar to those of images captured on photographic film.
Synonyms
• movielike
Source: Wiktionary
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