disobliged
simple past tense and past participle of disoblige
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`o*blige", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison.
2. To release from obligation. [Obs.] Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
