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.
BODICE
bodice
(noun) part of a dress above the waist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bodice (plural bodices)
(fashion) A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
(fashion) Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
(fashion) The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
(fashion) Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.
Hyponyms
• (sleeveless shirt for women): jelick (Ottoman Turkish version); dudou (Chinese version); yem (Chinese version in Vietnamese contexts); angiya (Indian Muslim version); jumps (obsolete European version)
• (sleeved shirt for women): See blouse
• (undershirt for women): See underbodice
Meronyms
• (sleeveless shirt for women): plastron (decorated front area)
• (upper part of a dress): robing (decorative trim)
Anagrams
• ceboid
Source: Wiktionary
Bod"ice, n. Etym: [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body.]
1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.
2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Her bodice half way she unlaced. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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