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.
RASCALITY
mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
(noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness
(noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal
prankishness, rascality, roguishness
(noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rascality (countable and uncountable, plural rascalities)
Rascals collectively; the rabble, the masses.
The behavior of a rascal; the quality of being a rascal.
Anagrams
• sacrality, satyrical, scalarity
Source: Wiktionary
Ras*cal`i*ty, n.; pl. Rascalities (
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
2. The poorer and lower classes of people.[Obs.] The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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