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.
TUBBY
dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly
(adjective) short and plump
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tubby (comparative tubbier, superlative tubbiest)
stout, rotund
Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
Noun
tubby (plural tubbies)
(pejorative, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person.
Source: Wiktionary
Tub"by, a.
Definition: Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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