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.
NAKEDNESS
openness, nakedness
(noun) characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one’s actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
nakedness, nudity, nudeness
(noun) the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness
(noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere; “the nakedness of the landscape”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nakedness (usually uncountable, plural nakednesses)
The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
Synonyms
• nakedhood (rare)
• nudity
Source: Wiktionary
Na"ked*ness, n.
1. The condition of being naked.
2. (Script.)
Definition: The privy parts; the genitals. Ham ... saw the nakedness of his father. Gen. ix. 22.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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