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.
MEALINESS
Etymology
Noun
mealiness (usually uncountable, plural mealinesses)
The property of being mealy.
Anagrams
• Milaneses, melanises, seamlines
Source: Wiktionary
Meal"i*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being mealy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
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