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.
WRINKLY
wrinkled, wrinkly
(adjective) marked by wrinkles; “tired travelers in wrinkled clothes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
wrinkly (comparative wrinklier, superlative wrinkliest)
Having wrinkles.
Synonyms
• bewrinkled, wrinkled; see also wrinkled
Noun
wrinkly (plural wrinklies)
(informal) An old person.
Synonyms
• crinkly, hoarhead, oldster; see also old person
Source: Wiktionary
Wrin"kly, a.
Definition: Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered. G. Eliot. His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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