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.
SLUTTISH
easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; “her easy virtue”; “he was told to avoid loose (or light) women”; “wanton behavior”
blowsy, blowzy, slatternly, sluttish
(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sluttish (comparative more sluttish, superlative most sluttish)
(vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
(chiefly, dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
Synonyms
• slatternly
Synonyms
• slutty
Source: Wiktionary
Slut"tish, a.
Definition: Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott.
– Slut"tish*ly, adv.
– Slut"tish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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