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.
HYALOID
hyaline, hyaloid
(adjective) resembling glass in transparency or translucency; “the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline”-Sacheverell Sitwell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hyaloid (comparative more hyaloid, superlative most hyaloid)
transparent or glassy
Noun
hyaloid (plural hyaloids)
(anatomy) The hyaloid membrane
Anagrams
• Holiday, holiday, hyoidal
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. hyaloïde.] (Anat.)
Definition: Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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