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.
MALARIAL
malarial
(adjective) of or infected by or resembling malaria; “malarial fever”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
malarial (not comparable)
Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.
Noun
malarial (plural malarials)
A person who has malaria.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*la"ri*al, Ma*la"ri*an, Ma*la"ri*ous, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria. Malarial fever (Med.), a fever produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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