Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DISEMBELLISH
Etymology
Verb
disembellish (third-person singular simple present disembellishes, present participle disembellishing, simple past and past participle disembellished)
(transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`em*bel"lish, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. dƩsembellir.]
Definition: To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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