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.
PROLONGABLE
Etymology
Adjective
prolongable (comparative more prolongable, superlative most prolongable)
Capable of being prolonged, extended, or lengthened.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*long"a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUSTFUL
(adjective) inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; “great brown eye, true and trustful”- Nordhoff & Hall
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