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.
RUSTIER
RUSTY
rust, rusty, rust-brown
(adjective) of the brown color of rust
hoary, rusty
(adjective) ancient; “hoary jokes”
rusty
(adjective) covered with or consisting of rust; “a rusty machine”; “rusty deposits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
rustier
comparative form of rusty
Source: Wiktionary
RUSTY
Rust"y, a. Etym: [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier (; superl. Rustiest.]
1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman.
5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.
6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.
7. (Bot.)
Definition: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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