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.
IMPLACABLE
implacable
(adjective) incapable of being placated; “an implacable enemy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
implacable (comparative more implacable, superlative most implacable)
Not able to be placated or appeased.
Synonyms: impacable (obsolete), irreconcilable, unassuageable, unplacable (obsolete), unpleasable
Antonyms: appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable
Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
Synonyms: relentless, unremitting, unyielding
Adamant; immovable.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pla"ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.
2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.] O! how I burn with implacable fire. Spenser. Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. Milton.
Syn.
– Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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