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.
UNHEART
Etymology
Verb
unheart (third-person singular simple present unhearts, present participle unhearting, simple past and past participle unhearted)
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
Anagrams
• haunter, nauther, unearth, urethan
Source: Wiktionary
Un*heart", v. t. Etym: [1 st pref. un- + heart.]
Definition: To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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