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.
COMFORTABLENESS
comfortableness
(noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship
comfort, comfortableness
(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; “he is a man who enjoys his comfort”; “she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
comfortableness (usually uncountable, plural comfortablenesses)
Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"fort*a*ble*ness, n.
Definition: State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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