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.
FANFARE
flourish, fanfare, tucket
(noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; “he entered to a flourish of trumpets”; “her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare”
ostentation, fanfare, flash
(noun) a gaudy outward display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fanfare (countable and uncountable, plural fanfares)
(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
(countable, uncountable) A show of ceremony or celebration.
Verb
fanfare (third-person singular simple present fanfares, present participle fanfaring, simple past and past participle fanfared)
To play a fanfare.
(music) To embellish with fanfares.
To imitate a fanfare, in order to dramatize the presentation or introduction of something.
To introduce with pomp and show.
To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.
To publicize or announce.
To fan out.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan"fare`, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Fanfaron.]
Definition: A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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