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.
MATURATION
festering, suppuration, maturation
(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”
maturation, ripening, maturement
(noun) coming to full development; becoming mature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)
The process of becoming mature.
(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
Anagrams
• natatorium
Source: Wiktionary
Mat`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]
Definition: The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ADMIRABLE
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”
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