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.
INTACT
integral, entire, intact
(adjective) constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; “a local motion keepeth bodies integral”- Bacon; “was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime”; “fought to keep the union intact”
intact
(adjective) undamaged in any way; “the vase remained intact despite rough handling”
intact, inviolate
(adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; “she was intact, virginal”
entire, intact
(adjective) (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; “an entire horse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
intact (not comparable)
Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged
Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull.
Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
Synonyms
• (uncircumcised): see also uncircumcised.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tact", a. Etym: [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.]
Definition: Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. Buckle. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. F. W. Robertson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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