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.
PESTIFEROUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
pestiferously (comparative more pestiferously, superlative most pestiferously)
In a pestiferous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pes*tif"er*ous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a pestiferuos manner.
PESTIFEROUS
Pes*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestifère.]
1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." Evelyn. "Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." Burke.
2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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