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.
SCRAGGIER
SCRAGGY
jagged, jaggy, scraggy
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline; “the jagged outline of the crags”; “scraggy cliffs”
scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
scraggier
comparative form of scraggy
Source: Wiktionary
SCRAGGY
Scrag"gy, a. [Compar. Scragger; superl. Scraggiest.]
1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock." J. Philips.
2. Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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