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.
UNROOT
Etymology
Verb
unroot (third-person singular simple present unroots, present participle unrooting, simple past and past participle unrooted)
(transitive) To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
Anagrams
• Routon, on tour
Source: Wiktionary
Un*root", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + root.]
Definition: To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Un*root", v. i.
Definition: To be torn up by the roots. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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