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.
TACKIER
TACKY
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”
tacky
(adjective) (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; “tacky varnish”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
tackier
comparative form of tacky
Anagrams
• keratic, kreatic, trackie
Source: Wiktionary
TACKEY
Tack"ey, a. & n.
Definition: See Tacky.
TACKY
Tack"y, a. Etym: [Cf. Techy, Tack a spot.]
Definition: Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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