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.
MOUSQUETAIRE
Etymology
Noun
mousquetaire (plural mousquetaires)
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
A mousquetaire cuff or mousquetaire glove, or other article of dress imagined to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
Source: Wiktionary
Mous`que*taire", n. [F.]
1. A musketeer, esp. one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, conspicuous both for their daring and their fine dress.
2. A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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