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.
HYPERTONICITY
hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity
(noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
hypertonicity
(noun) (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypertonicity (countable and uncountable, plural hypertonicities)
the condition of being hypertonic
Source: Wiktionary
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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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