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.
SINISTRORSAL
sinistrorse, sinistrorsal
(adjective) spiraling upward from right to left; “sinistrorse vines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sinistrorsal (not comparable)
Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer); sinistrorse.
Source: Wiktionary
Sin`is*tror"sal, a. Etym: [L.sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.]
Definition: Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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