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.
PESSIMISM
pessimism
(noun) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
pessimism
(noun) the feeling that things will turn out badly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)
A general belief that bad things will happen.
The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
(computing) The condition of being pessimal.
Antonyms
• optimism
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"si*mism, n. Etym: [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F. pessimisme. Cf. Impair.]
1. (Metaph.)
Definition: The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to Ant: optimism.
2. A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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