Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OPALESCE
opalesce
(verb) exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; āThis nitrate opalesces under certain conditionsā
opalesce
(verb) reflect light or colors like an opal; āDistant clouds opalesce like pale brocadeā; āraindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesceā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
opalesce (third-person singular simple present opalesces, present participle opalescing, simple past and past participle opalesced)
To be opalescent; to give forth a play of colours, like the opal.
Anagrams
• escalope
Source: Wiktionary
O`pal*esce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Opalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Opalescing.]
Definition: To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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