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.
GLASSIER
GLASSY
glassy, glazed
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
glassy, vitreous, vitrified
(adjective) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; “glazed pottery”; “glassy porcelain”; “hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures”
glassy
(adjective) resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; “the glassy surface of the lake”; “the pavement was...glassy with water”- Willa Cather
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
glassier
comparative form of glassy
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Source: Wiktionary
GLASSY
Glass"y, a.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.
2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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