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.
PLICATE
pleat, plicate
(verb) fold into pleats; “Pleat the cloth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
plicate (comparative more plicate, superlative most plicate)
(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
Synonyms
• (folded): corrugated, folded, plicated
Verb
plicate (third-person singular simple present plicates, present participle plicating, simple past and past participle plicated)
(chiefly biology) To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).
Source: Wiktionary
Pli"cate, Pli"ca*ted, a. Etym: [L. plicatus, p. p. of plicare to fold.]
Definition: Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.
– Pli"cate*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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