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.
BERGOMASK
Etymology
So called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
Noun
bergomask (plural bergomasks)
(obsolete) A rustic dance.
Source: Wiktionary
Ber"go*mask, n.
Definition: A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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