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.
INTARSIA
Etymology
Noun
intarsia (countable and uncountable, plural intarsias)
A decorative form of Italian wood inlaying.
A knitted design resembling a mosaic.
Synonyms
• tarsia
• (decorative wood inlaying): tarsiatura
Source: Wiktionary
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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