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.
VIXENISH
vixenish
(adjective) shrewish and malicious; “a vixenish old woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vixenish (comparative more vixenish, superlative most vixenish)
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Source: Wiktionary
Vix"en*ish, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; “temptation-proof”; “childproof locks”
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