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.
FISTIC
Etymology
Adjective
fistic (comparative more fistic, superlative most fistic)
Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
Synonyms: fistical, pugilistic
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Source: Wiktionary
Fist"ic, a. Etym: [From Fist.]
Definition: Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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