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.
SPIRITFUL
Etymology
Adjective
spiritful (comparative more spiritful, superlative most spiritful)
(now, rare) Full of spirit; spirited.
Source: Wiktionary
Spir"it*ful, a.
Definition: Full of spirit; spirited. [R.] The spiritful and orderly life of our own grown men. Milton.
– Spir"it*ful*ly, adv.
– Spir"it*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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