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.
LURIDNESS
ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness
(noun) the quality of being ghastly
lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
sensationalism, luridness
(noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; “the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
luridness (uncountable)
The property of being lurid.
The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.
Source: Wiktionary
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INCURRING
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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