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.
UNFAIREST
Adjective
unfairest
superlative form of unfair: most unfair
Source: Wiktionary
UNFAIR
Un*fair", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fair.]
Definition: To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] Shak.
Un*fair", a. Etym: [AS. unfæger unlovely. See Un- not, and Fair, a.]
Definition: Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal. You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. Swift.
– Un*fair"ly, adv -- Un*fair"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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