Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GUTTURAL
croaky, guttural
(adjective) like the sounds of frogs and crows; āa guttural voiceā; āacres of guttural frogsā
guttural
(adjective) relating to or articulated in the throat; āthe glottal stop and uvular ārā and āchā in German āBachā are guttural soundsā
guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant
(noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
guttural (comparative more guttural, superlative most guttural)
Sounding harsh and throaty.
(phonetics) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
(medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
Noun
guttural (plural gutturals)
A harsh and throaty spoken sound
Source: Wiktionary
Gut"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor.
Gut"tur*al, n.
Definition: A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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