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.
SETOSE
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
setose (comparative more setose, superlative most setose)
Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Anagrams
• Osetes, Ossete, sees to, toeses
Source: Wiktionary
Se*tose", Se"tous, a. Etym: [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.]
Definition: Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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