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.
UNPLUME
Etymology
Verb
unplume (third-person singular simple present unplumes, present participle unpluming, simple past and past participle unplumed)
(transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
(transitive, by extension) To humiliate.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*plume", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + plume.]
Definition: To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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