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.
UNDERPAINTING
Etymology
Noun
underpainting (countable and uncountable, plural underpaintings)
(arts) An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
(arts) A painting that the artist later painted over to create the final work.
Source: Wiktionary
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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