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.
COMPETITIVE
competitive, militant
(adjective) showing a fighting disposition; “highly competitive sales representative”; “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”; “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”
competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise
(adjective) subscribing to capitalistic competition
competitive, competitory
(adjective) involving competition or competitiveness; “competitive games”; “to improve one’s competitive position”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)
(economics) capable of competing successfully
of or pertaining to competition
Antonym: cooperative
(of someone's character) inclined to compete
(biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
(euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pet"i*tive, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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