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.
OUTBREAK
outbreak, eruption, irruption
(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); “the outbreak of hostilities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
outbreak (plural outbreaks)
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
(figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
A sudden increase.
A geological layer that breaks out.
Synonyms
• (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult
Antonyms
• inbreak
Verb
outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)
(intransitive) To burst out.
(intransitive) To break forth.
Anagrams
• break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake
Source: Wiktionary
Out"break`, n.
Definition: A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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