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.
SUNTAN
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
(noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
suntan
(verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
suntan (plural suntans)
In humans a brown or darkened coloration of the skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light.
Verb
suntan (third-person singular simple present suntans, present participle suntanning, simple past and past participle suntanned)
To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light.
To attempt to obtain a suntan.
Anagrams
• naunts, stunna
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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