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.
IRISCOPE
Etymology
Noun
iriscope (plural iriscopes)
A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
Source: Wiktionary
I"ri*scope, n. Etym: [Iris + -scope.]
Definition: A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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