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.
MONOGRAM
monogram
(noun) a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
monogram (plural monograms)
(obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.
Etymology 2
Noun
monogram (plural monograms)
(obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.
Etymology 3
Noun
monogram (plural monograms)
A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.
Verb
monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming, simple past and past participle monogrammed)
(transitive) To mark something with a monogram.
Anagrams
• nomogram
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*gram, n. Etym: [L. monogramma; Gr. monogramme. See Graphic.]
1. A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works. Monogram.
Note: The monogram above, combining the letters of the name Karolvs, was used by Charlemagne.
2. A picture in lines; a sketch. [R.]
3. An arbitrary sign for a word. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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