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.
SEDITIOUS
insurgent, seditious, subversive
(adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government
incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
(adjective) arousing to action or rebellion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
seditious (comparative more seditious, superlative most seditious)
Of, related to, or being involved in sedition.
Synonyms: treasonous, subversive, insubordinate, rebellious
Source: Wiktionary
Se*di"tious, a.Etym: [L. seditiosus: cf. F. séditieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.
2. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens.
– Se*di"tious*ly, adv.
– Se*di"tious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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