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.
ENGINOUS
Etymology
Adjective
enginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)
(obsolete) Pertaining to an engine.
(obsolete) Contrived with care; ingenious.
Source: Wiktionary
En"gi*nous, a. Etym: [OF. engignos. See Ingenious.]
1. Pertaining to an engine. [Obs.] That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all. Decker.
2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [Obs.] The mark of all enginous drifts. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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