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.
PUTREFACTIVE
putrefactive, putrefacient
(adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
putrefactive (comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)
Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu`tre*fac"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.]
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.
2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
– Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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