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.
REINDUSTRIALIZE
Etymology
Verb
reindustrialize (third-person singular simple present reindustrializes, present participle reindustrializing, simple past and past participle reindustrialized)
To reintroduce industry to a region which has lost its industrial capacity.
Source: Wiktionary
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12 May 2025
UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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