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.
MISCHOOSE
Etymology
Verb
mischoose (third-person singular simple present mischooses, present participle mischoosing, simple past mischose, past participle mischosen)
(ambitransitive) To choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice.
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• smoochies
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*choose", v. t. [imp. Mischose; p. p. Mischosen; p. pr. & vb. n. Mischoosing.]
Definition: To choose wrongly. Milton.
Mis*choose", v. i.
Definition: To make a wrong choice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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