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.
UNDERPLOT
Etymology
Noun
underplot (plural underplots)
A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
A secret scheme or trick.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*plot`, n.
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.
2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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