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.
FECUNDITY
fruitfulness, fecundity
(noun) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
fecundity, fruitfulness
(noun) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fertility, fecundity
(noun) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fecundity (usually uncountable, plural fecundities)
Ability to produce offspring.
Ability to cause growth.
Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
Rate of production of young by a female.
Synonyms
• (ability to produce offspring): fertileness, fertility
Source: Wiktionary
Fe*cun"di*ty, n. Etym: [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund.]
1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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