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.
FLACCIDER
Adjective
flaccider
comparative form of flaccid
Source: Wiktionary
FLACCID
Flac"cid, a. Etym: [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]
Definition: Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
– Flac"cid*ly, adv.
– Flac"cid*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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