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.
MODISH
latest, a la mode, in style, in vogue, modish
(adjective) in the current fashion or style
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
modish (comparative more modish, superlative most modish)
Conforming with fashion or style.
In the current mode.
Anagrams
• domish
Source: Wiktionary
Mod"ish, a.
Definition: According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow.
– Mod"ish*ly, adv.
– Mod"ish*ness, n.
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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