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.
UNCURBED
unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned
(adjective) not restrained or controlled; “unbridled rage”; “an unchecked temper”; “ungoverned rage”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
uncurbed (comparative more uncurbed, superlative most uncurbed)
Unlimited; unrestricted.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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