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.
FOISON
Etymology
Noun
foison (plural foisons)
(archaic) An abundance, a rich supply of.
(archaic) Harvest.
(chiefly, Scotland) Strength, power.
Source: Wiktionary
Foi"son, n. Etym: [F. foison, fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion.]
Definition: Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic] Lowell. That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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