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.
MENDABLE
Etymology
Adjective
mendable (comparative more mendable, superlative most mendable)
Able to be mended.
Synonyms
• (able to be mended): fixable, repairable, rectifiable
Source: Wiktionary
Mend"a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being mended.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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