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.
CARRIAGEABLE
Etymology
Adjective
carriageable (comparative more carriageable, superlative most carriageable)
Passable by carriages.
Capable of being conveyed in carriages.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"riage*a*ble, a.
Definition: Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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