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.
cardecu (plural cardecus)
(historical) A silver French coin worth a quarter of an Ă©cu.
• accrued, cue card
Source: Wiktionary
Car"de*cu, n. Etym: [Corrupt, from F. quart d'Ă©cu.]
Definition: A quarter of a crown. [Obs.] The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(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”
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.