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.
CREEPINESS
creepiness
(noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
creepiness (usually uncountable, plural creepinesses)
The state of being creepy.
Source: Wiktionary
Creep"i*ness (--ns), n.
Definition: An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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