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.
prickliness, bristliness, spininess, thorniness
(noun) the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spininess (usually uncountable, plural spininesses)
The quality of being spiny.
• snipiness
Source: Wiktionary
Spin"i*ness, n.
Definition: Quality of being spiny.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2024
(noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
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.