Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ATROCITY
atrocity, inhumanity
(noun) an act of atrocious cruelty
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness
(noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
atrocity (countable and uncountable, plural atrocities)
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(uncountable)Â The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
Synonyms: atrociousness, brutality, heinousness
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
Synonym: abomination
Anagrams
• citatory
Source: Wiktionary
A*troc"i*ty, n.; pl. Atrocities. Etym: [F. atrocité, L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. The atrocities which attend a victory. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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