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.
AVULSED
Verb
avulsed
simple past tense and past participle of avulse
Adjective
avulsed (not comparable)
(of a piece of flesh or body part) Having been torn off, as in an avulsion.
(of a wound) Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.
Source: Wiktionary
AVULSE
A*vulse", v. t. Etym: [L. avulsus, p. p. of avellere to tear off; a (ab) + vellere to pluck.]
Definition: To pluck or pull off. Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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