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.
UNOBJECTIONABLE
unobjectionable
(adjective) not objectionable; “the ends are unobjectionable; it’s the means that one can’t accept”
clean, unobjectionable
(adjective) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; “good clean fun”; “a clean joke”
innocuous, unobjectionable
(adjective) not causing disapproval; “it was an innocuous remark”; “confined himself to innocuous generalities”; “unobjectionable behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unobjectionable (comparative more unobjectionable, superlative most unobjectionable)
Not objectionable; not causing any objection.
Antonym: objectionable
Source: Wiktionary
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