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.
OPPOSABILITY
Etymology
Noun
opposability (usually uncountable, plural opposabilities)
The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being placed opposite to something else).
The condition or quality of being opposable (capable of being resisted).
Source: Wiktionary
Op*pos`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Definition: The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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