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.
GADOLINIUM
gadolinium, Gd, atomic number
(noun) a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gadolinium (countable and uncountable, plural gadoliniums)
A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
Source: Wiktionary
Gad`o*lin"i*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.)
Definition: A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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