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.
RETRACTILE
retractile
(adjective) capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; “cats have retractile claws”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
retractile (comparative more retractile, superlative most retractile)
That can be retracted (as a cat's claws)
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tract"ile, a. Etym: [Cf. F. -rétractile.] (Physiol.)
Definition: CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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