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.
FIXEDNESS
fixedness, unalterability
(noun) the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; “the fixedness of his gaze upset her”
fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness
(noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
stationariness, immobility, fixedness
(noun) remaining in place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fixedness (countable and uncountable, plural fixednesses)
The state or condition of being fixed.
Synonyms
• fixity
• (dated): fixety
Source: Wiktionary
Fix"ed*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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