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.
NICETIES
Noun
niceties
plural of nicety
Source: Wiktionary
NICETY
Ni"ce*ty, n.; pl. Niceties. Etym: [OE. niceté foolishness.]
1. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.). The miller smiled of her nicety. Chaucer.
2. Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
3. A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction. The fineness and niceties of words. Locke. To a nicety, with great exactness or accuracy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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