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.
BRAKY
braky
(adjective) abounding with bracken; “the woods and braky glens”- William Browne
braky, brambly
(adjective) covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
braky (comparative more braky, superlative most braky)
Overgrown with bracken or brushwood
Anagrams
• Rybak, barky
Source: Wiktionary
Brak"y, a.
Definition: Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny. In the woods and braky glens. W. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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