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.
FLUFFILY
Etymology
Adverb
fluffily (comparative more fluffily, superlative most fluffily)
In a fluffy way.
Source: Wiktionary
FLUFFY
Fluff"y, a. [Compar. Fluffier; superl. Fluffiest.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy. "The carpets were fluffy." Thackeray. The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Dickens.
– Fluff"i*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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