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.
FRAGONARD
Fragonard, Jean Honore Fragonard
(noun) French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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