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.
DISGUST
disgust
(noun) strong feelings of dislike
disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
(verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; “The pornographic pictures sickened us”
disgust, gross out, revolt, repel
(verb) fill with distaste; “This spoilt food disgusts me”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)
To cause an intense dislike for something.
Noun
disgust (uncountable)
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*gust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.] Etym: [OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]
Definition: To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.
Dis*gust", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t.]
Definition: Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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