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.
VILLOSITY
Noun
villosity (plural villosities)
the state of being villous
Source: Wiktionary
Vil*los"i*ty, n.
1. State of being villous.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A coating of long, slender hairs.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: A villus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 June 2025
SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
Coffee Trivia
