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.
QUARTZY
Etymology
Adjective
quartzy (comparative quartzier, superlative quartziest)
Resembling or containing quartz.
Source: Wiktionary
Quartz"y, a. (Min.)
Definition: Quartzose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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