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.
MALEDICT
accursed, accurst, maledict
(adjective) under a curse
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
maledict (comparative more maledict, superlative most maledict)
accursed, cursed
Verb
maledict (third-person singular simple present maledicts, present participle maledicting, simple past and past participle maledicted)
To curse
To berate
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"e*dict, a. Etym: [L. maledictus, p. p. of maledicere.]
Definition: Accursed; abominable. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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