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.
RETRAIT
Etymology 1
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
(obsolete) A picture or other visual representation.
Adjective
retrait (not comparable)
(obsolete) retired
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
Obsolete form of retreat.
Anagrams
• attirer, rattier, tartier
Source: Wiktionary
Re*trait", n. Etym: [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See Retract.]
Definition: A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.] Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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