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.
PYROTECHNIST
Etymology
Noun
pyrotechnist (plural pyrotechnists)
(dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
(figurative) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr`o*tech"nist, n.
Definition: One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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