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.
FLUIDNESS
fluidity, fluidness
(noun) a changeable quality; “a charming Oriental fluidity of manner”; “a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague”; “demographers try to predict social fluidity”
fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness
(noun) the property of flowing easily; “adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased”; “they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fluidness (uncountable)
The quality of being fluid.
Source: Wiktionary
Flu"id*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being flluid; fluidity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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