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.
DANKEST
Adjective
dankest
superlative form of dank: most dank
Anagrams
• destank, detanks, stanked
Source: Wiktionary
DANK
Dank, a. Etym: [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. dökk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.]
Definition: Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton. Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.
Dank, n.
Definition: Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]
Dank, n.
Definition: A small silver coin current in Persia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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