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.
WILFUL
froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful
(adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
willful, wilful
(adjective) done by design; “the insult was intentional”; “willful disobedience”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
wilful (comparative more wilful or wilfuller, superlative most wilful or wilfullest) (British spelling)
Intentional; deliberate.
Synonyms: volitional, voluntary
Stubborn and determined.
Synonyms: obstinate, self-willed, headstrong, spiteful
Source: Wiktionary
Wil"ful, a., Wil"ful*ly, adv., Wil"ful*ness, n.
Definition: See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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