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.
PAPERY
papery
(adjective) thin and paperlike; “papery leaves”; “wasps that make nests of papery material”
chartaceous, papery, paperlike
(adjective) of or like paper
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
papery (comparative more papery, superlative most papery)
being like paper in terms of consistency, thickness, texture, dryness, etc.
Anagrams
• prepay, yapper
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"per*y, a.
Definition: Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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