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.
BULGY
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
(adjective) curving outward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bulgy (comparative bulgier, superlative bulgiest)
Having one or more bulges; bulging
Anagrams
• bugly
Source: Wiktionary
Bul"gy, a.
Definition: Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRISP
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
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