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.
FIGURAL
figural, figurative
(adjective) consisting of or forming human or animal figures; “a figural design”; “the figurative art of the humanistic tradition”- Herbert Read
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
figural (comparative more figural, superlative most figural)
Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.
Figurative, not literal.
(mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.
(obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.
(rare) Pertaining to (human) figures.
(music) Figurate.
Source: Wiktionary
Fig"ur*al, a. Etym: [From Figure.]
1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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