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.
STALENESS
staleness
(noun) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
triteness, staleness
(noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
staleness (countable and uncountable, plural stalenesses)
(uncountable) The state or quality of being stale.
(countable) The result or product of being stale.
Anagrams
• leastness
Source: Wiktionary
Stale"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being stale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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