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.
FANTASYING
Verb
fantasying
present participle of fantasy
Source: Wiktionary
FANTASY
Fan"ta*sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. Etym: [See Fancy.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. Is not this something more than fantasy Shak. A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.
2. Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.
Fan"ta*sy, v. t.
Definition: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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