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.
DEXTROUS
deft, dexterous, dextrous
(adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; “a deft waiter”; “deft fingers massaged her face”; “dexterous of hand and inventive of mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dextrous (comparative more dextrous, superlative most dextrous)
(chiefly, UK) Alternative spelling of dexterous.
Source: Wiktionary
Dex"trous, a., Dex"trous*ly, adv., Dex"trous*ness, n.
Definition: Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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