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.
INFATUATION
infatuation
(noun) an object of extravagant short-lived passion
infatuation
(noun) a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
infatuation (countable and uncountable, plural infatuations)
An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
(obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
Something which infatuates.
Hyponyms
• crush
• squish
Source: Wiktionary
In*fat`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.]
Definition: The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. I. Taylor. Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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