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.
STUFFY
stodgy, stuffy
(adjective) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; “why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?”; “a stodgy dinner party”
stuffy
(adjective) affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; “a stuffy feeling in my chest”
airless, close, stuffy, unaired
(adjective) lacking fresh air; “a dusty airless attic”; “the dreadfully close atmosphere”; “hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
stuffy (comparative stuffier, superlative stuffiest)
Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
(Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
Noun
stuffy (plural stuffies)
(US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) synonym of stuffed toy
Source: Wiktionary
Stuff"y, a.
1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
3. Ill-ventilated; close.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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