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.
UNARMED
unarmed
(adjective) (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; “went alone and unarmed”; “unarmed peasants were shot down”; “unarmed vehicles”
unarmed
(adjective) (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unarmed (not comparable)
Defenceless and lacking weapons or armour.
Not carrying arms.
(biology) Not having thorns or claws etc.
(obsolete) Unaided, as of the vision without a glass.
Anagrams
• Mundare, duramen, manured, maunder, undream
Source: Wiktionary
Un*armed", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + armed.]
1. Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
2. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.
UNARM
Un*arm", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + arm.]
Definition: To disarm. Sir T. Browne.
Un*arm", v. i.
Definition: To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor. "I'll unarm again." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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