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.
CADGY
Adjective
cadgy (comparative more cadgy, superlative most cadgy)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
(UK, Scotland, dialect) frolicsome; wanton
Source: Wiktionary
Cadg"y, a.
Definition: Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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