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.
TWEEDIER
TWEEDY
tweedy
(adjective) (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy
nubby, homespun(p), nubbly, slubbed, tweedy
(adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface; “a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
tweedier
comparative form of tweedy
Source: Wiktionary
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