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.
EMULOUS
emulous, rivalrous
(adjective) eager to surpass others
emulous
(adjective) characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
emulous (comparative more emulous, superlative most emulous)
Ambitious or competitive.
Source: Wiktionary
Em"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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