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.
CHATOYANTS
Noun
chatoyants
plural of chatoyant
Source: Wiktionary
CHATOYANT
Cha*toy"ant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be chatoyant, fr. chat cat.] (Min.)
Definition: Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
Cha*toy"ant, n. (Min.)
Definition: A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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