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.
SWANKIER
SWANKY
swank, swanky
(adjective) imposingly fashionable and elegant; “a swank apartment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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swankier
comparative form of swanky
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SWANKY
Swank"ie, Swank"y, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schwank flexible, pliant.]
Definition: An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
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