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.
LUKEWARMLY
lukewarmly, tepidly
(adverb) in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; “he was lukewarmly received by his relatives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
lukewarmly (comparative more lukewarmly, superlative most lukewarmly)
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
Source: Wiktionary
LUKEWARM
Luke"warm`, a. Etym: [See Luke.]
Definition: Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.
– Luce"warm`ly, adv.
– Luce"warm`ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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