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.
TRITER
Adjective
triter
comparative form of trite
Anagrams
• ritter, territ, tirret
Source: Wiktionary
TRITE
Trite, a. Etym: [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]
Definition: Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
– Trite"ly, adv.
– Trite"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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