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.
TOOTHLESS
toothless
(adjective) lacking necessary force for effectiveness; “a toothless piece of legislation”
toothless
(adjective) lacking teeth; “most birds are toothless”; “a toothless old crone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
toothless (comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless)
Having no teeth.
(figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
• Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp
Synonyms
• edentulous
Anagrams
• shootlets
Source: Wiktionary
Tooth"less, a.
Definition: Having no teeth. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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