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.
UNANNOUNCED
unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
(adjective) without warning or announcement; “they arrived unannounced”; “a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night”- M.A.D.Howe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unannounced (not comparable)
Not announced beforehand.
Source: Wiktionary
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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