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.
COURAGEOUSNESS
courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness
(noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
courageousness (uncountable)
the state of being courageous
Synonyms
• bravery, ballsiness
Source: Wiktionary
Cour*a"geous*ness, n.
Definition: The quality of being courageous; courage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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