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.
TESTINESS
testiness, touchiness, tetchiness
(noun) feeling easily irritated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
testiness (usually uncountable, plural testinesses)
The state or quality of being testy.
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"ti*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance. Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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