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.
GLABELLAE
GLABELLA
glabella, mesophyron
(noun) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
glabellae
plural of glabella
Source: Wiktionary
GLABELLA
Gla*bel"la, n.; pl. Glabell. Etym: [NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.] (Anat.)
Definition: The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.
– Gla*bel"lar, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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