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.
SULPHURETED
Adjective
sulphureted (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of sulfuretted
Source: Wiktionary
Sul"phu*ret`ed, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized. [Written also sulphuretted.] Sulphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Hydrogen sulphide, under Hydrogen.
SULPHURET
Sul"phu*ret, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium. [Obsoles.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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