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.
DEAFNESS
deafness, hearing loss
(noun) partial or complete loss of hearing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deafness (countable and uncountable, plural deafnesses)
The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
(figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Deaf"ness, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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