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.
PRUINOSE
Etymology
Adjective
pruinose (comparative more pruinose, superlative most pruinose)
(botany) Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface.
Antonyms
• epruinose
Anagrams
• superion, unispore
Source: Wiktionary
Pru"i*nose`, a. Etym: [L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost.]
Definition: Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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