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.
DISJOINTING
Verb
disjointing
present participle of disjoint
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DISJOINT
Dis*joint", a. Etym: [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]
Definition: Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Dis*joint", n. Etym: [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.]
Definition: Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
Dis*joint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]
1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
Dis*joint", v. i.
Definition: To fall in pieces. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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