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.
ISABELLINE
Etymology
Adjective
Isabelline (not comparable)
Of or related to Isabella I of Castile.
Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile.
Etymology
Probably named for Isabella I of Castile, said to have promised not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors.
Adjective
isabelline (comparative more isabelline, superlative most isabelline)
coloured a greyish yellow
Source: Wiktionary
Is`a*bel"line, a.
Definition: Of an isabel or isabella color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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