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.
INTERMINABLE
endless, eternal, interminable
(adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end; “endless debates”; “an endless conversation”; “the wait seemed eternal”; “eternal quarreling”; “an interminable sermon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Noun
interminable (plural interminables)
(math, dated) A repeating decimal.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ter"mi*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]
Definition: Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.
Syn.
– Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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