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.
EDACIOUS
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities; “edacious vultures”; “a rapacious appetite”; “ravenous as wolves”; “voracious sharks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
edacious (comparative more edacious, superlative most edacious)
Having an insatiable appetite; voracious, ravenous, piggish.
Synonyms
• See also voracious
Anagrams
• acedious
Source: Wiktionary
E*da"cious, a. Etym: [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Definition: Given to eating; voracious; devouring. Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.
– E*da"cious*ly, adv.
– E*da"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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