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.
MISBECAME
Verb
misbecame
simple past tense of misbecome
Source: Wiktionary
MISBECOME
Mis`be*come", v. t.
Definition: Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to. Macaulay. Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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