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.
LITHER
Etymology 1
Adjective
lither
comparative form of lithe
Etymology 2
Adjective
lither (comparative more lither, superlative most lither)
Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful; lazy.
Anagrams
• Hirtle, Hitler
Source: Wiktionary
Li"ther, a. Etym: [AS.
Definition: Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.
Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.
– Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.].
– Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
LITHE
Lithe, v. i. & i. Etym: [Icel Listen.]
Definition: To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Lithe, a. Etym: [AS. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]
1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.
Lithe, v. t. Etym: [AS. Lithe, a.]
Definition: To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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