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.
MEPHISTOPHELIAN
devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
(adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; “devilish schemes”; “the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen”; “the diabolical expression on his face”; “a mephistophelian glint in his eye”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Meph`is*to*phe"li*an ( or ), a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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