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.
EXSICCATIVE
Adjective
exsiccative (comparative more exsiccative, superlative most exsiccative)
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
Noun
exsiccative (plural exsiccatives)
A substance that causes drying.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*sic"ca*tive, a.
Definition: Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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