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.
PRUSSIC
Etymology
Adjective
prussic (not comparable)
derived from Prussian blue
of, or derived from prussic acid; hydrocyanic
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Source: Wiktionary
Prus"sic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. prussique.] (Old Chem.)
Definition: designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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