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.
LEGERITY
agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness
(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
legerity (usually uncountable, plural legerities)
alert quickness of mind or body
Source: Wiktionary
Le*ger"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. légèreté. See 3d Leger.]
Definition: Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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