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.
INDEMONSTRABLE
Etymology
Adjective
indemonstrable (not comparable)
not able to be demonstrated or proved; unprovable
Source: Wiktionary
In`de*mon"stra*ble, a. Etym: [L. indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and Demonstrable.]
Definition: Incapable of being demonstrated.
– In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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