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.
BREATHFUL
Etymology 1
Adjective
breathful (comparative more breathful, superlative most breathful)
That breathes.
Focused on control of one's breathing.
Full of breath; breathy.
Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.
Not breathless; breathing easily.
Relaxed and quiet.
(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.
Etymology 2
Noun
breathful (plural breathfuls or breathsful)
That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.
A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.
The amount spoken on one breath.
A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.
Source: Wiktionary
Breath"ful, a.
Definition: Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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