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.
ROBUSTIOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
robustiously (comparative more robustiously, superlative most robustiously)
In a robustious manner.
Source: Wiktionary
ROBUSTIOUS
Ro*bus"tious, a. Etym: [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.]
Definition: Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] W. Irving. In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner. Milton.
– Ro*bus"tious*ly, adv.
– Ro*bus"tious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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