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.
NIGROSINE
Etymology
Noun
nigrosine (countable and uncountable, plural nigrosines)
A dark blue synthetic dyestuff of the induline group.
Synonyms
• azodiphenyl blue
Anagrams
• signorine
Source: Wiktionary
Ni"gro*sine ( or ), n. Etym: [From L. niger black.] (Chem.)
Definition: A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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