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.
OCHER
ocher, ochre
(adjective) of a moderate orange-yellow color
ocher, ochre
(noun) a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
ocher, ochre
(noun) any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ocher (plural ochers)
Alternative spelling of ochre
Verb
ocher (third-person singular simple present ochers, present participle ochering, simple past and past participle ochered)
Alternative spelling of ochre
Anagrams
• -chore, Roche, chore, ochre, roche
Source: Wiktionary
O"cher, O"chre, n. Etym: [F.ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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