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.
MISMAKE
Etymology
Verb
mismake (third-person singular simple present mismakes, present participle mismaking, simple past and past participle mismade)
(transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose.
(transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.
(transitive, reflexive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*make", v. t.
Definition: To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.
Mis*make" (mis*mak"), v. t.
Definition: To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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