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.
ERECTNESS
verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness
(noun) position at right angles to the horizon
erectness, uprightness
(noun) the property of being upright in posture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
erectness (uncountable)
The state of being erect, or of having an erect posture.
Anagrams
• scenester
Source: Wiktionary
E*rect"ness, n.
Definition: Uprightness of posture or form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
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