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.
MELANGE
Etymology
Noun
melange (plural melanges)
A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
(geology) A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Synonyms
• (collection of a variety of things): assortment, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mixture, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also hodgepodge
Anagrams
• gleeman
Source: Wiktionary
MĂ©`lange", n. Etym: [F. See Mell, Meddle.]
Definition: A mixture; a medley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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