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.
LAWNY
Etymology
Adjective
lawny (not comparable)
Made of lawn or fine linen.
Having or resembling a grass lawn.
Anagrams
• Alwyn, wanly
Source: Wiktionary
Lawn"y, a.
Definition: Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn. Musing through the lawny park. T. Warton.
Lawn"y, a.
Definition: Made of lawn or fine linen. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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