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.
EASINESS
easiness
(noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style; “there was an easiness between them”; “a natural easiness of manner”
ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; “he rose through the ranks with apparent ease”; “they put it into containers for ease of transportation”; “the very easiness of the deed held her back”
easiness, relaxation
(noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; “the easiness we feel when sleeping”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
easiness (usually uncountable, plural easinesses)
The state or quality of being easy in its various senses, particularly
Freedom from discomfort and worry: comfort.
Freedom from inhibition and awkwardness: grace.
Lack of concern or care: carelessness, indolence.
Lack of difficulty or trouble: facility; simplicity.
Lack of harshness: gentleness, kindness.
Lack of firm conviction: gullibility, credulity.
Source: Wiktionary
Eas"i*ness, n.
1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness. Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. South.
4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc. With painful care, but seeming easiness. Roscommon.
5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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