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.
XYLOPHILOUS
Etymology
Adjective
xylophilous (comparative more xylophilous, superlative most xylophilous)
Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do.
Source: Wiktionary
Xy*loph"i*lous, a. Etym: [Xylo- + Gr. filei^n to love.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the xylophilans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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