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.
MISCOLOR
Etymology
Verb
miscolor (third-person singular simple present miscolors, present participle miscoloring, simple past and past participle miscolored)
Alternative form of miscolour
Anagrams
• colorism
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*col"or, v. t.
Definition: To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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