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.
IRREPARABLE
irreparable
(adjective) impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; “irreparable harm”; “an irreparable mistake”; “irreparable damages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
irreparable (comparative more irreparable, superlative most irreparable)
Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
Source: Wiktionary
Ir*rep"a*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. irreparabilis: cf. F. irréparable. See In- not, and Reparable.]
Definition: Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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