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.
DRYPOINT
Etymology
Noun
drypoint (countable and uncountable, plural drypoints)
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
Coordinate term: engraving
Hypernym: intaglio
(countable) The needle used in this technique.
(countable) A print made using this technique.
Source: Wiktionary
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