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.
EMBONPOINT
chubby, embonpoint, plump
(adjective) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; “a chubby child”; “pleasingly plump”
plumpness, embonpoint, roundness
(noun) the bodily property of being well rounded
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
embonpoint (countable and uncountable, plural embonpoints)
Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
Adjective
embonpoint (comparative more embonpoint, superlative most embonpoint)
Plump, chubby, buxom.
Synonyms: Thesaurus:overweight, Thesaurus:voluptuous
Source: Wiktionary
Em`bon`point", n. Etym: [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.]
Definition: Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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