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.
LEAL
leal
(adjective) faithful and true; “leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart”- Harry Lauder
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leal (comparative lealer, superlative lealest)
(now chiefly Scotland) Loyal, honest.
(now only Scotland) True, genuine.
Anagrams
• Ella, Lela
Proper noun
Leal
A city and village in North Dakota.
Anagrams
• Ella, Lela
Source: Wiktionary
Leal, a. Etym: [OE. leial, another form of loial, F. loyal. See Loyal.]
Definition: Faithful; loyal; true. All men true and leal, all women pure. Tennyson. Land of the leal, the place of the faithful; heaven.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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