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.
UNLATCHED
unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured
(adjective) not firmly fastened or secured; “an unbarred door”; “went through the unlatched gate into the street”; “an unlocked room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
unlatched (not comparable)
Of a gate, etc, not latched, or that has been unlatched.
Verb
unlatched
simple past tense and past participle of unlatch
Source: Wiktionary
UNLATCH
Un*latch", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Unlatching.] Etym: [1st un- + latch.]
Definition: To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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