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.
LINEAMENT
feature, lineament
(noun) the characteristic parts of a person’s face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; “an expression of pleasure crossed his features”; “his lineaments were very regular”
quality, character, lineament
(noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; “each town has a quality all its own”; “the radical character of our demands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lineament (plural lineaments)
Any distinctive shape or line, etc.
A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of the face of an individual.
Anagrams
• alinement
Source: Wiktionary
Lin"e*a*ment, n. Etym: [L. lineamentum, fr. linea line: cf. F. linéament. See 3d Line.]
Definition: One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; - - usually in the plural. "The lineaments of the body." Locke. "Lineaments in the character." Swift. Man he seems In all his lineaments. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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