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.
PURIST
purist
(noun) someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
purist (comparative more purist, superlative most purist)
Of or pertaining to purism.
Synonym: puristic
Noun
purist (plural purists)
An advocate of purism.
Anagrams
• spruit, stir up, tripus, uprist, upstir
Source: Wiktionary
Pur"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. puriste.]
1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language. He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.
2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. M. Stuart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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