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.
ROSEPINK
Rose"-pink`, a.
1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.
2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. "Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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