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.
AVOWEDLY
true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
(adverb) as acknowledged; “true, she is the smartest in her class”
avowedly, professedly
(adverb) by open declaration; “their policy has been avowedly Marxist”; “Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
avowedly (comparative more avowedly, superlative most avowedly)
With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
Source: Wiktionary
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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