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.
ANECDOTAL
anecdotic, anecdotal, anecdotical
(adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; “anecdotal conversation”; “an anecdotal history of jazz”; “he was at his anecdotic best”
anecdotal
(adjective) having the character of an anecdote; “anecdotal evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
anecdotal (comparative more anecdotal, superlative most anecdotal)
Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote.
Containing or abounding in anecdotes.
Source: Wiktionary
An"ec*do`tal, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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