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.
UNSAVOURY
unsavory, unsavoury, offensive
(adjective) morally offensive; “an unsavory reputation”; “an unsavory scandal”
distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury
(adjective) not pleasing in odor or taste
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unsavoury (comparative more unsavoury, superlative most unsavoury)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of unsavory
Source: Wiktionary
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