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.
UNFIXED
nebulous, unfixed
(adjective) lacking definition or definite content; “nebulous reasons”; “unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be”- Jane Austen
unfixed
(adjective) not firmly placed or set or fastened
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unfixed (not comparable)
Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
(of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected.
Verb
unfixed
simple past tense and past participle of unfix
Source: Wiktionary
UNFIX
Un*fix", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fix.]
1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.] The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix her frosts. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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