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.
MOCKADO
Noun
mockado (countable and uncountable, plural mockados or mockadoes)
(obsolete) A material made in imitation of velvet.
Synonyms
• moquette
• moucade
Source: Wiktionary
Mock"a*do, n.
Definition: A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet. [Obs.] Our rich mockado doublet. Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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