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.
HORRIDLY
hideously, horridly, monstrously
(adverb) in a hideous manner; “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
horridly (comparative more horridly, superlative most horridly)
In a horrid manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"rid*ly, adv.
Definition: In a horrid manner. Shak.
HORRID
Hor"rid, a. Etym: [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]
1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.
2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive. Not in the legions Of horrid hell. Shak. The horrid things they say. Pope.
Syn.
– Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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