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.
BLUNTNESS
dullness, bluntness
(noun) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; “the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible”
bluntness
(noun) the quality of being direct and outspoken; “the bluntness of a Yorkshireman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bluntness (countable and uncountable, plural bluntnesses)
The characteristic of being blunt.
Source: Wiktionary
Blunt"ness, n.
1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland.
2. A bruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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