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.
deathful (comparative more deathful, superlative most deathful)
(archaic) Full of death or slaughter.
(archaic) Liable to undergo death.
Resembling death.
Source: Wiktionary
Death"ful, a.
1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope.
2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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.