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.
PHOTISM
Etymology
Noun
photism (plural photisms)
(psychology) A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature.
The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
Anagrams
• mosh pit, moshpit
Source: Wiktionary
Pho"tism, n. [Gr. illumination.] (Psycol.)
Definition: A luminous image or appearance of a hallucinatory character.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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