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.
DIRTINESS
smuttiness, dirtiness
(noun) obscenity in speech or writing
dirtiness
(noun) the state of containing dirty impurities
dirtiness, uncleanness
(noun) the state of being unsanitary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dirtiness (usually uncountable, plural dirtinesses)
The state or quality of being dirty.
Synonyms
• filthiness
Anagrams
• disinsert, disinters
Source: Wiktionary
Dirt"i*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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