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.
SPOILAGE
spoil, spoiling, spoilage
(noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; “her spoiling my dress was deliberate”
spoilage, spoiling
(noun) the process of becoming spoiled
spoilage
(noun) the amount that has spoiled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spoilage (countable and uncountable, plural spoilages)
The part of something that has spoiled.
The process of spoiling.
Anagrams
• aegilops, ægilops
Source: Wiktionary
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FOOTING
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
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