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.
LENTIGINES
LENTIGO
freckle, lentigo
(noun) a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lentigines
plural of lentigo
Source: Wiktionary
LENTIGO
Len*ti"go, n. Etym: [L., fr. lens, lentis, lentil.] (Med.)
Definition: A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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