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.
FOLIATE
foliate, foliated, foliaceous
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
foliate
(adjective) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; “‘foliate’ is combined with the prefix ‘tri’ to form the word ‘trifoliate’”
foliate, foliated
(adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils; “foliate tracery”; “a foliated capital”
foliate
(verb) grow leaves; “the tree foliated in Spring”
foliate, paginate, page
(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript
foliate
(verb) coat or back with metal foil; “foliate glass”
foliate
(verb) decorate with leaves
foliate
(verb) hammer into thin flat foils; “foliate metal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
foliate (comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate)
of or relating to leaves
shaped like a leaf
(geology) foliated
Verb
foliate (third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated)
To form into leaves.
To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.
Anagrams
• floatie
Source: Wiktionary
Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.
Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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