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.
UNTEMPER
Etymology
Verb
untemper (third-person singular simple present untempers, present participle untempering, simple past and past participle untempered)
(transitive) To deprive of temper; to make soft.
Anagrams
• erumpent
Source: Wiktionary
Un*tem"per, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + temper.]
Definition: To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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