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.
GEOGNOSTIC
Etymology
Adjective
geognostic (not comparable)
(now chiefly historical) Pertaining to geognosy; geological. [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ge`og*nos"tic, Ge`og*nos"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géognostique.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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