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.
INFAMIES
Noun
infamies
plural of infamy
plural of infamie
Anagrams
• infamise
Source: Wiktionary
INFAMY
In"fa*my, n.; pl. Infamies. Etym: [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.]
1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet.
2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
3. (Law)
Definition: That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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