COMMONNESS

commonality, commonness

(noun) sharing of common attributes

commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness

(noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace

coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch

(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement

commonness, expectedness

(noun) the state of being that is commonly observed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

commonness (countable and uncountable, plural commonnesses)

The quality of being common.

Synonyms

• generality; see also commonness

Antonyms

• exception

Source: Wiktionary


Com"mon*ness, n.

1. State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.

2. Triteness; meanness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ELOQUENCE

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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