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.
MISDOUBT
Etymology
Verb
misdoubt (third-person singular simple present misdoubts, present participle misdoubting, simple past and past participle misdoubted)
(archaic, regional) To doubt the existence or reality of.
(archaic, regional) To have suspicions about.
Noun
misdoubt
suspicion; hesitation
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*doubt", v. t. & i.
Definition: To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. [Obs.] I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak.
Mis*doubt", n.
1. Suspicion. [Obs.]
2. Irresolution; hesitation. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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