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.
STRAUGHT
Etymology 1
Verb
straught
(obsolete) Alternative form of stretched
Etymology 2
Verb
straught (third-person singular simple present straughts, present participle straughting, simple past and past participle straughted)
(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To stretch; make straight.
Adjective
straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
(Scotland) straight
Etymology 3
Adjective
straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
(obsolete) Distraught.
Source: Wiktionary
Straught, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
Straught, v. t.
Definition: To stretch; to make straight. [Written also straucht.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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