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.
FURBELOW
frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
(noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
furbelow (plural furbelows)
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
A small, showy ornamentation.
Verb
furbelow (third-person singular simple present furbelows, present participle furbelowing, simple past and past participle furbelowed)
(transitive) To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"be*low, n. Etym: [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalĂ .]
Definition: A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Fur"be*low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbelowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbelowing.]
Definition: To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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