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.
GETATABLE
getatable, get-at-able, come-at-able
(adjective) capable of being reached or attained; “a very getatable man”; “both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
getatable (comparative more getatable, superlative most getatable)
Capable of being got at; accessible.
Source: Wiktionary
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