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.
FRANION
Etymology
Noun
franion (plural franions)
(obsolete) A cheerful, frivolous person, a silly man; a loose woman.
With thinking upon ye;
Source: Wiktionary
Fran"ion, n. Etym: [Perh. from F. fainéant an idler.]
Definition: A paramour; a loose woman; also, a gay, idle fellow. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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