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.
CURIOUSNESS
foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
(noun) the quality of being alien or not native; “the strangeness of a foreigner”
curiousness, inquisitiveness
(noun) a state of active curiosity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)
inquisitiveness; curiosity
(obsolete) care; carefulness; pains
(dated) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
(countable) The result or product of being curious.
Synonyms
• curiosity
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"ri*ous*ness, n.
1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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