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.
OVERFATIGUE
overtire, overweary, overfatigue
(verb) tire excessively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overfatigue (third-person singular simple present overfatigues, present participle overfatiguing, simple past and past participle overfatigued)
(transitive) To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
Noun
overfatigue (uncountable)
Excessive fatigue.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*fa*tigue", n.
Definition: Excessive fatigue.
O`ver*fa*tigue", v. t.
Definition: To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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