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.
FOGGINESS
indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness
(noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness
(noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fogginess (usually uncountable, plural fogginesses)
The characteristic or quality of being foggy
Source: Wiktionary
Fog"gi*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being foggy. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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