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.
OMBRE
Etymology 1
Noun
ombre (uncountable)
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
Etymology 2
Noun
ombre (plural ombres)
(archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa
Synonyms
• umbra, umbrine
Etymology 3
Noun
ombre (plural ombres)
(colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
Anagrams
• brome, omber
Source: Wiktionary
Om"ber, Om"bre, n. Etym: [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.]
Definition: A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.
Om"bre, n. Etym: [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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