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.
TREASONABLE
faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous
(adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; “the faithless Benedict Arnold”; “a lying traitorous insurrectionist”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
treasonable (comparative more treasonable, superlative most treasonable)
involving or constituting treason
Synonyms
• seditious
• traitorous
Source: Wiktionary
Trea"son*a*ble, a.
Definition: Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt. Most men's heads had been intoxicated with imaginations of plots and treasonable practices. Clarendon.
Syn.
– Treacherous; traitorous; perfidious; insidious. -- Trea"son*a*ble*ness, n.
– Trea"son*a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DATELESS
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