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.
TENUIOUS
Etymology
Adjective
tenuious (comparative more tenuious, superlative most tenuious)
(archaic) Rare or subtle; tenuous.
Usage notes
• Though the correct Latinate formation, this word has been largely supplanted by the irregularly formed tenuous.
Source: Wiktionary
Te*nu"i*ous, a. Etym: [See Tenuous.]
Definition: Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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