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.
PURULENT
purulent, pussy
(adjective) containing pus; “a purulent wound”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
purulent (comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)
(medicine) Consisting of pus.
Leaking or seeping pus.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ru*lent, a. Etym: [L. purulentus, fr. pus, puris, pus, matter: cf. F. purulent. See Pus.] (Med.)
Definition: Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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