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.
OVERGLOOM
Etymology
Verb
overgloom (third-person singular simple present overglooms, present participle overglooming, simple past and past participle overgloomed)
To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*gloom", v. t.
Definition: To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.] Overgloomed by memories of sorrow. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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