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.
INCOMPARABLE
incomparable, uncomparable
(adjective) such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; “an incomparable week of rest and pleasure”; “the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency”; “this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)
So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
(rare) Not able to be compared.
Usage notes
• Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
• Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.
Noun
incomparable (plural incomparables)
Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Source: Wiktionary
In*com"pa*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In- not, and Comparable.]
Definition: Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton.
– In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n.
– In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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