TARTRAMIC

Tar*tram"ic, a. Etym: [Tarto- + amic.] (Chem.)

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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