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.
DISEASEFUL
Etymology
Adjective
diseaseful (comparative more diseaseful, superlative most diseaseful)
Abounding with disease; producing diseases.
(obsolete) Causing uneasiness.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*ease"ful, a.
1. Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.
2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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