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.
OPTATIVES
Noun
optatives
plural of optative
Source: Wiktionary
OPTATIVE
Op"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Definition: Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
Op"ta*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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