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.
MACULOSE
Adjective
maculose (comparative more maculose, superlative most maculose)
Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.
Anagrams
• caulomes, leucomas
Source: Wiktionary
Mac"u*lose`, a. Etym: [L. maculosus.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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