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.
OUTGLEAM
Etymology
Verb
outgleam (third-person singular simple present outgleams, present participle outgleaming, simple past and past participle outgleamed)
(transitive) To shine more brightly than.
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AROMATIC
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
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