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.
ERISTICAL
eristic, eristical
(adjective) given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
eristical
Obsolete form of eristic.
Anagrams
• clarities, realistic
Source: Wiktionary
E*ris"tic, E*ris"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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