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.
STREAKY
streaked, streaky
(adjective) marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; “streaked hair”; “fat legs and dirty streaky faces”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)
Having streaks.
(cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
(chiefly, of a person, usually North America) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
(soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
Anagrams
• Starkey, keytars
Source: Wiktionary
Streak"y, a.
Definition: Same as Streaked, 1. "The streaky west." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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