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.
SUPERINCUMBENT
superincumbent
(adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; “superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
superincumbent (comparative more superincumbent, superlative most superincumbent)
(chiefly science) Lying or resting on something else; overlying.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*in*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. superincumbens, p.pr. of superincumbere. See Super-, and Incumbent.]
Definition: Lying or resting on something else.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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