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.
INCONGRUITY
incongruity, incongruousness
(noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
incongruity (countable and uncountable, plural incongruities)
The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
An instance or point of disagreement
Synonyms: dissimilarity, discrepancy, inconsistency
A thing that is incongruous.
Source: Wiktionary
In`con*gru"i*ty, n.; pl. Incongruities. Etym: [Pref. in- not + congruity: cf. F. incongruité.]
1. The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. Disagreement of parts; want of symmetry or of harmony. [Obs.]
3. That which is incongruous; want of congruity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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