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.
SYRPHIAN
Etymology
Adjective
syrphian (comparative more syrphian, superlative most syrphian)
Of or relating to flies of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.
Noun
syrphian (plural syrphians)
A fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.
Source: Wiktionary
Syr"phi*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.
– n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A syrphus fly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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