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.
leanness, thinness, spareness
(noun) the property of having little body fat
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leanness (uncountable)
The property of being lean, without excess or fat.
Source: Wiktionary
Lean"ness, n. Etym: [AS. hlænnes.]
Definition: The condition or quality of being lean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2024
(noun) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
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.