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.
FRISSON
frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; “a frisson of surprise shot through him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
frisson (plural frissons)
A sudden surge of excitement.
A shiver, a thrill.
Anagrams
• Frisons
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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