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.
SNARY
Etymology
Adjective
snary (comparative more snary, superlative most snary)
Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.
Anagrams
• N-rays, Ryans, yarns
Source: Wiktionary
Snar"y, a. Etym: [From Snare.]
Definition: Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious. Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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