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.
SUAVE
politic, smooth, suave, bland
(adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; “he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”; “the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”
debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave
(adjective) having a sophisticated charm; “a debonair gentleman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)
Charming, confident and elegant.
Noun
suave (plural suaves)
Sweet talk.
Anagrams
• Sauve, Vause, uveas
Source: Wiktionary
Suave, a. Etym: [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See Sweet, and cf. Suasion.]
Definition: Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
– Suave"ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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