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.
TENTACLED
tentacled
(adjective) having tentacles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tentacled (comparative more tentacled, superlative most tentacled)
Having tentacles.
The eight-tentacled octopus swam through the water.
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"ta*cled, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having tentacles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STICKILY
(adverb) in a sticky viscid manner; “he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead”
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