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.
MANTIC
divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; “the high priest’s divinatory pronouncement”; “mantic powers”; “a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mantic (comparative more mantic, superlative most mantic)
Relating to divination; prophetic.
Noun
mantic (plural mantics)
A soothsayer, a seer.
Source: Wiktionary
Man"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] "Mantic fury." Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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