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.
FLESHIER
FLESHY
fleshy, heavy, overweight
(adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
fleshy, sarcoid
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling flesh
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fleshier
comparative form of fleshy
Anagrams
• Fleisher, leerfish
Source: Wiktionary
FLESHY
Flesh"y, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.
2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TWIST
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