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.
CIRCUMFORANEAN
Etymology
Adjective
circumforanean (comparative more circumforanean, superlative most circumforanean)
(obsolete) Wandering from market to market; vagabond, itinerant.
[…] I am the bolder to insert, as not borrowed from circumforanean rogues and gypsies, but out of the writings of worthy philosophers and physicians […]
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an, Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.]
Definition: Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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