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.
FERACIOUS
Etymology
Adjective
feracious (comparative more feracious, superlative most feracious)
Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful
Source: Wiktionary
Fe*ra"cious, a. Etym: [L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear.]
Definition: Fruitful; producing abudantly. [R.] Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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