Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
WHINY
fretful, querulous, whiney, whiny
(adjective) habitually complaining; āa whiny childā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
whiny (comparative whinier, superlative whiniest)
whining; tending to whine or complain.
Emily is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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