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.
ROUNCEVAL
Etymology
From the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Noun
rounceval (plural rouncevals)
(obsolete) A giant; anything large.
(obsolete) A large pea, the marrowfat.
Source: Wiktionary
Roun"ce*val, a. Etym: [F. Ronceval, Roncevaux, a town at the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp. Roncesvalles.]
Definition: Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [Obs.]
Roun"ce*val, n.
Definition: A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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