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.
FAINTNESS
dimness, faintness
(noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
faintness, faintheartedness
(noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage; “faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose”
faintness
(noun) barely audible
faintness
(noun) the property of being without strength; “the faintness or potency of the feeling”
faintness
(noun) a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faintness (countable and uncountable, plural faintnesses)
The property of being or feeling faint.
Synonyms
• faintheartedness
• dimness
Source: Wiktionary
Faint"ness, n.
1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser.
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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