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.
ROPEY
ropey, ropy
(adjective) (British informal) very poor in quality; “ropey food”; “a ropey performance”
ropy, ropey, stringy, thready
(adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads
ropy, ropey
(adjective) of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ropey (comparative more ropey, superlative most ropey)
Alternative spelling of ropy
Anagrams
• Poyer, pyore
Source: Wiktionary
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