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.
FARINOSE
Etymology
Adjective
farinose (comparative more farinose, superlative most farinose)
Yielding or related to farina
(botany, zoology) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, like the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy
Antonyms
• efarinose
Anagrams
• Serafino
Source: Wiktionary
Far`i*nose", a. Etym: [L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux.]
1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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