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.
VELVETY
velvet, velvety
(adjective) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
velvet, velvety, velvet-textured
(adjective) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
velvety (comparative more velvety, superlative most velvety)
(also, figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
Source: Wiktionary
Vel"vet*y, a.
Definition: Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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