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.
THUNDEROUSNESS
Etymology
Noun
thunderousness (uncountable)
The state or condition of being thunderous; booming loudness.
The thunderousness of the teacher's voice left the class in no doubt that they were in trouble.
Source: Wiktionary
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17 June 2025
RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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