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.
COLLIQUATIVE
Adjective
colliquative (comparative more colliquative, superlative most colliquative)
Of, pertaining to, or causing colliquation; liquefactive
Source: Wiktionary
Col*liq"ua*tive, a.
Definition: Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, collequative sweats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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