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.
SNOOTY
bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
(adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family”-Laurent Le Sage; “they’re snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)
(informal) pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose
(informal) elite; exclusive
Synonyms
• See also arrogant
Anagrams
• toyons
Source: Wiktionary
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