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.
PRISSY
dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
(adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; “too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”; “so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow”
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
(adjective) exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn’t approve of my miniskirts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prissy (comparative prissier, superlative prissiest)
Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
(usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy.
Well-mannered, well-behaved.
Noun
prissy (plural prissies)
A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
Etymology
Proper noun
Prissy
A diminutive of the female given name Priscilla.
Source: Wiktionary
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