In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COMELINESSES
Noun
comelinesses
plural of comeliness
Source: Wiktionary
COMELINESS
Come"li*ness, n. Etym: [See Comely.]
Definition: The quality or state of being comely. Comeliness is a disposing fair Of things and actions in fit time and place. Sir J. Davies. Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton. Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
28 November 2024
SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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