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.
RETIFORM
Etymology
Adjective
retiform (comparative more retiform, superlative most retiform)
Having the form of a net; reticulate
Source: Wiktionary
Ret"i*form, a. Etym: [L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.]
Definition: Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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