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.
TRAPPOUS
Etymology
Adjective
trappous (comparative more trappous, superlative most trappous)
(mineralogy) Of or relating to trap.
Synonyms
• trappy
Source: Wiktionary
Trap"pous, n. Etym: [From Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.)
Definition: Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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