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.
RONDURE
Etymology
Noun
rondure (countable and uncountable, plural rondures)
(countable) A graceful curvature or round object; a ring; a sphere.
(uncountable) The quality of being round; roundness.
Anagrams
• Rednour, rounder, unorder
Source: Wiktionary
Ron"dure, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rondeur roundness.]
1. A round; a circle. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Roundness; plumpness. [R.] High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shown Of maiden rondure, like the rose half-blown. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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