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.
FLASHY
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
(adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
flashy (comparative flashier, superlative flashiest)
Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
(dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
(archaic) Drunk; tipsy
Synonyms
• (visually impressive): See also gaudy
• (producing flashes): blinking, fulgorous
• (drunk): See also drunk
Anagrams
• fly ash
Source: Wiktionary
Flash"y, a.
1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow.
2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke.
3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.
4. Without taste or spirit. Lean and flashy songs. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
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