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.
RECENTNESS
recency, recentness
(noun) the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recency, recentness
(noun) a time immediately before the present
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recentness (uncountable)
The characteristic of being recent.
Synonym: recency
Anagrams
• secernents, sentencers
Source: Wiktionary
Re"cent*ness, n.
Definition: Quality or state of being recent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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