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.
SERIOCOMICAL
seriocomic, seriocomical
(adjective) mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating; “a seriocomic novel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
seriocomical (comparative more seriocomical, superlative most seriocomical)
seriocomic
Source: Wiktionary
Se`ri*o-com"ic, Se`ri*o-com"ic*al, a.
Definition: Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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