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.
THEWLESS
Etymology
Adjective
thewless (comparative more thewless, superlative most thewless)
(obsolete) Lacking morals or virtue.
Lacking vigour or energy; listless; weak; nerveless.
Anagrams
• Whetsels
Source: Wiktionary
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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