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.
GERMINALLY
Etymology
Adverb
germinally (comparative more germinally, superlative most germinally)
By or involving germ cells.
Source: Wiktionary
GERMINAL
Ger"mi*nal, a. Etym: [See Germ.]
Definition: Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included.
– Germinal membrane. (Biol.) Same as Blastoderm.
– Germinal spot (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum.
– Germinal vesicle, (Biol.) , the nucleus of the ovum of animals.
Ger`mi*nal", n. Etym: [F. See Germ .]
Definition: The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
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