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.
ORNERY
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery
(adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition; “a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady”- Dorothy Sayers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ornery (comparative ornerier, superlative orneriest)
(Appalachian) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
(humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
(obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.
Source: Wiktionary
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