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.
ASHY
ashy, ash-gray, ash-grey
(adjective) of a light grey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ashy (comparative ashier, superlative ashiest)
Having the color of ashes.
(African American Vernacular English) Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).
Anagrams
• Hays, SYHA, Shay, hays, shay, yahs
Source: Wiktionary
Ash"y, a.
1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak. Ashy pale, pale as ashes. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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