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.
WOADED
Etymology
Adjective
woaded (comparative more woaded, superlative most woaded)
Coloured or stained with woad.
Verb
woaded
simple past tense and past participle of woad
Source: Wiktionary
Woad"ed, a.
Definition: Colored or stained with woad. "Man tattoed or woaded, winter- clad in skins." Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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