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.
MORTIFEROUS
Etymology
Adjective
mortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)
(now rare) Causing spiritual death. [from 16th c.]
Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. [from 16th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. mortifier; mors, mortis, death + ferre to bring: cf. F. mortifère.]
Definition: Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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