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.
IMPLIKE
arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
(adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful; “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”; “a wicked prank”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee Trivia
