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.
GLOBOSE
global, ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
(adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball; “a spherical object”; “nearly orbicular in shape”; “little globular houses like mud-wasp nests”- Zane Grey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
globose (comparative more globose, superlative most globose)
Having a globular form.
Source: Wiktionary
Glo*bose", a. Etym: [L. globosus.]
Definition: Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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