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.
BIGHEARTED
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
(adjective) given or giving freely; “was a big tipper”; “the bounteous goodness of God”; “bountiful compliments”; “a freehanded host”; “a handsome allowance”; “Saturday’s child is loving and giving”; “a liberal backer of the arts”; “a munificent gift”; “her fond and openhanded grandfather”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
bighearted (comparative more bighearted, superlative most bighearted)
Noble, kind and generous
Anagrams
• gebhardite
Source: Wiktionary
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