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.
CITYWIDE
citywide
(adjective) occurring or extending throughout a city; “citywide bussing”; “a citywide strike”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
citywide (not comparable)
Throughout a city.
Adverb
citywide (not comparable)
Throughout a city.
Etymology 2
Noun
citywide (plural citywides)
(slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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