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.
TRIVIALISE
trivialize, trivialise
(verb) make trivial or insignificant; “Don’t trivialize the seriousness of the issue!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
trivialise (third-person singular simple present trivialises, present participle trivialising, simple past and past participle trivialised)
Non-Oxford standard spelling of trivialize.
Anagrams
• rivalities, viralities
Source: Wiktionary
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