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.
LEMMINGLIKE
Etymology
Adjective
lemminglike (comparative more lemminglike, superlative most lemminglike)
Resembling a lemming or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
Synonyms
• (following blindly): herdlike
Source: Wiktionary
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29 November 2024
POPULATED
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
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