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.
UNLACED
unlaced, untied
(adjective) with laces not tied; “teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers”
unbuttoned, unlaced
(adjective) not under constraint in action or expression; “this unbuttoned and disrespectful age”- Curtis Bok; “unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
unlaced (not comparable)
With laces untied.
Verb
unlaced
simple past tense and past participle of unlace
Anagrams
• launced
Source: Wiktionary
UNLACE
Un*lace", v. t. Etym: [1st un- + lace.]
1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
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