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.
DUMBFOUNDED
dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
(adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; “a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident”; “the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless”; “was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
dumbfounded (comparative more dumbfounded, superlative most dumbfounded)
shocked and speechless.
Synonyms
• amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, stupefied, surprised
Verb
dumbfounded
simple past tense and past participle of dumbfound
Source: Wiktionary
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