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.
RUTILANT
Etymology
Adjective
rutilant (comparative more rutilant, superlative most rutilant)
(literary or sciences, also, figuratively) Shining or glowing with a red colour or light.
Synonym: rutilous
Anagrams
• turn tail, turntail
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"ti*lant (, a. Etym: [L. rutilans, p. pr. of rutilare to have a reddish glow, fr. rutilus red: cf. F. rutilant.]
Definition: Having a reddish glow; shining. Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture. Evelin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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