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.
FANCYWORK
embroidery, fancywork
(noun) decorative needlework
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fancywork (countable and uncountable, plural fancyworks)
Decorative embroidery.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan"cy*work`, n.
Definition: Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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