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.
EDGIER
EDGY
edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
(adjective) being in a tense state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
edgier
comparative form of edgy
Anagrams
• Ediger, Eridge
Source: Wiktionary
EDGY
Edg"y, a. Etym: [From Edge.]
1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
2. (Fine Arts)
Definition: Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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