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.
SUNGLASSES
sunglasses, dark glasses, shades
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sunglasses pl (plural only)
Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.
(colloquial) A person wearing sunglasses
Synonyms
• shades (slang)
• sunnies (Australian slang)
• cooling glasses (Indian)
• smoked glasses, smoked spectacles (dated)
Source: Wiktionary
SUNGLASS
Sun"glass`, n.; pl. Sunglasses (.
Definition: A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus. "Lighting a cigar with a sunglass." Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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