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.
UNROOTED
Adjective
unrooted (comparative more unrooted, superlative most unrooted)
Not rooted
uprooted
Verb
unrooted
simple past tense and past participle of unroot
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Source: Wiktionary
UNROOT
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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