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.
DOZIEST
DOZY
drowsy, drowsing, dozy
(adjective) half asleep; “made drowsy by the long ride”; “it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor”; “a tired dozy child”; “the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
doziest
superlative form of dozy: most dozy
Source: Wiktionary
DOZY
Doz"y, a.
Definition: Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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