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.
NEXTNESS
Etymology
Noun
nextness (usually uncountable, plural nextnesses)
The fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.
Synonyms
• subsequence
Antonyms
• previousness
Source: Wiktionary
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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