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.
FLIX
Etymology 1
Noun
flix (uncountable)
The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
Etymology 2
Phonetic respelling.
Noun
flix pl (plural only)
(slang) Alternative form of flicks (motion pictures)
Source: Wiktionary
Flix, n. Etym: [Cf. Flax.]
Definition: Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] J. Dyer.
Flix, n.
Definition: The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] Udall. Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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