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.
MURKINESS
cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness
(noun) the quality of being cloudy
fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness
(noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
murkiness (usually uncountable, plural murkinesses)
The state or quality of being murky.
Source: Wiktionary
Murk"i*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being murky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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