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.
OVERCOLOUR
Etymology
Verb
overcolour (third-person singular simple present overcolours, present participle overcolouring, simple past and past participle overcoloured)
(transitive) To exaggerate.
Noun
overcolour (plural overcolours)
(art) Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or a particular transparency effect
Source: Wiktionary
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