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.
DILETTANTISM
Etymology
Noun
dilettantism (countable and uncountable, plural dilettantisms)
The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.
Source: Wiktionary
Dil`et*tant"ism, n.
Definition: Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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