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.
COUPED
Etymology
Adjective
couped (not comparable)
(heraldry) cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal.
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Source: Wiktionary
Couped (kpt), a. Etym: [F. couper to cut.] (Her.)
Definition: Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.
COUP
Coup (k), n. Etym: [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr.
Definition: A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. Coup de grace (ke gr Etym: [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.
– Coup de main (ke m Etym: [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack.
– Coup de soleil (k Etym: [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke.
– Coup d'Ă©tat (k Etym: [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy.
– Coup d'oeil (k. Etym: [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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