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.
GHASTLINESS
ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness
(noun) the quality of being ghastly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ghastliness (countable and uncountable, plural ghastlinesses)
The state of being ghastly
A ghastly thing
Source: Wiktionary
Ghast"li*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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