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.
DISCARNATE
Etymology
Adjective
discarnate (not comparable)
Having no physical body or form.
Antonyms
• corporeal
• incarnate
• tangible
Anagrams
• eradicants
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*car"nate, a. Etym: [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Definition: Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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