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.
FOUNT
fountain, fount
(noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
font, fount, typeface, face, case
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
fount (plural founts)
Something from which water flows.
A device from which poultry may drink.
(figuratively) That from which something flows or proceeds; a source.
Synonyms
• font
• fountain
• (device from which animals drink): waterer
Etymology 2
Noun
fount (plural founts)
(typography, British, dated) A typographic font.
Anagrams
• FUTON, futon
Source: Wiktionary
Fount, n. Etym: [See Font.] (Print.)
Definition: A font.
Fount, n. Etym: [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font.]
Definition: A fountain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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