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.
MISLUCK
Etymology
Noun
misluck (uncountable)
Ill luck; misfortune.
Verb
misluck (third-person singular simple present mislucks, present participle mislucking, simple past and past participle mislucked)
(intransitive) To meet with ill luck; miscarry.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*luck", n.
Definition: Ill luck; misfortune.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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