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.
DISFIGURED
disfigured
(adjective) having the appearance spoiled; āa disfigured faceā; āstrip mining left a disfigured landscapeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
disfigured
simple past tense and past participle of disfigure
Source: Wiktionary
DISFIGURE
Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. dƩfigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]
Definition: To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
Syn.
– To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Dis*fig"ure, n.
Definition: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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