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.
PARRICIDAL
Etymology
Adjective
parricidal (comparative more parricidal, superlative most parricidal)
Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
When my parents grounded me, I had a burst of parricidal thoughts, but I eventually got over it.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"ri*ci`dal, a. Etym: [L. parricidalis, parricidialis. See Parricide.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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