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.
FOPPERIES
Noun
fopperies
plural of foppery
Source: Wiktionary
FOPPERY
Fop"per*y, n.; pl. Fopperies. Etym: [From Fop.]
1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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