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.
DISPRIZED
Etymology
Verb
disprized
simple past tense and past participle of disprize
Adjective
disprized (comparative more disprized, superlative most disprized)
Undervalued, disparaged.
Source: Wiktionary
DISPRIZE
Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]
Definition: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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