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.
GUTTATE
Etymology
Adjective
guttate (comparative more guttate, superlative most guttate)
Shaped like, or resembling drops.
Spotted.
Verb
guttate (third-person singular simple present guttates, present participle guttating, simple past and past participle guttated)
(botany) To exude drops of xylem sap on the edges of leaves.
Source: Wiktionary
Gut"tate, a. Etym: [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.]
Definition: Spotted, as if discolored by drops.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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