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.
DOTIER
Adjective
dotier
comparative form of doty
Anagrams
• doiter, editor, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode
Source: Wiktionary
DOTY
Do"ty, a. Etym: [See Dottard.]
Definition: Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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