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.
CRITICIZE
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; “The paper criticized the new movie”; “Don’t knock the food--it’s free”
criticize, criticise
(verb) act as a critic; “Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized) (ambitransitive)
To find fault (with something).
Synonyms: censure, pick at, Thesaurus:criticize
Hyponyms: find fault, shoot down, run down, trash out, fustigate, drub, excoriate
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
Synonyms: censure, appraise, judge
Source: Wiktionary
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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