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.
UNMASKED
Verb
unmasked
simple past tense and past participle of unmask
Adjective
unmasked (not comparable)
No longer masked (from which a mask has been removed)
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Source: Wiktionary
UNMASK
Un*mask", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + mask.]
Definition: To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
Un*mask", v. i.
Definition: To put off a mask. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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