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.
bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
(adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial; “bumpkinly country boys”; “rustic farmers”; “a hick town”; “the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists”
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hick
(rare today) A diminutive of the male given name Richard
A patronymic surname.
hick (plural hicks)
(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
• boer, boor
• country bumpkin
• churl
• hillbilly
• lob
• redneck
• rustic
• yokel
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
to hiccup
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.