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.
DRAFTY
drafty, draughty
(adjective) not airtight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
drafty (comparative draftier or more drafty, superlative draftiest or most drafty) (American spelling)
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
(of a, building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Anagrams
• dryfat
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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