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.
MEDICABLY
MEDICABLE
Med"i*ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. medicabilis, from medicare, medicari, to heal, fr. medicus physician. See Medical.]
Definition: Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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20 December 2024
FIDDLE
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
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