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.
UNHANGED
Etymology
Adjective
unhanged (not comparable)
Not (yet) executed by hanging.
Source: Wiktionary
UNHANG
Un*hang", v. t. Etym: [1 st pref. un- + hang.]
1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
2. To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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