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.
DROLLISH
Etymology
Adjective
drollish (comparative more drollish, superlative most drollish)
Somewhat droll.
Source: Wiktionary
Droll"ish, a.
Definition: Somewhat droll. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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