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.
SYLPH
sylph
(noun) an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
sylph
(noun) a slender graceful young woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sylph (plural sylphs)
(mythology) An invisible being of the air.
Synonym: sylphid
The elemental being of air, usually female.
(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
(ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
Source: Wiktionary
Sylph, n. Etym: [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr.
1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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